effluence

E1F4F4L1U1E1N1C3E1
/ˈɛfluəns/

noun

The process of flowing out.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nouneffluence (countable and uncountable, plural effluences)

plural effluences

  1. countableuncountableThe process of flowing out.

    Synonyms: efflux, effluxion, outflow

  2. countableuncountableSomething that flows out; the issue.

    But we have grounds to believe, that there are yet other Rays or Effluences from the Sun, which neither Feeling nor Sight can apprehend, but which are to be inferred from the effects.

    1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “Aphorisms on that which is indeed spiritual religion”, in Aids to Reflection, page 197
    1 more example

    The doctrine of spiritism is associated in Shinto with the word Mitama, for which "spirit" is the nearest English equivalent. Strictly speaking, the Mitama is not the God, but an emanation or effluence from him, which inhabits his temple, and is the vehicle of his action at a distance from the place where he himself resides.

    1905, William George Aston, Shinto: The Way of the Gods, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., page 26

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe process of flowing out.

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe process of flowing out

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latineffluentia
  2. Frencheffluence
  3. Englisheffluence

From French effluence, from Latin effluentia.

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Translations

Bulgarian изтичане
  • изтичане (iztičane)process of flowing out
Catalan efluència
  • efluènciaprocess of flowing out
Esperanto elfluo
  • elfluosomething that flows out
Finnish ulosvirtaus
  • ulosvirtausprocess of flowing out
French effluence
  • effluenceprocess of flowing out
Irish eisilteacht, eisileadh
  • eisilteachtprocess of flowing out
  • eisileadhprocess of flowing out
Polish emanacja, wypływanie
  • emanacjaprocess of flowing out
  • wypływanieprocess of flowing out
Russian пото́к, тече́ние
  • пото́к (potók)process of flowing out
  • тече́ние (tečénije)process of flowing out
  • истече́ние (istečénije)something that flows out
  • эмана́ция (emanácija)something that flows out
Cite this entry
APA

effluence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effluence

MLA

“effluence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effluence. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “effluence,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effluence.

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