efflux Meaning, Definition & Usage

Ef"flux noun

Etymology

See Effluent, Flux.

Definitions

1. The act or process of flowing out, or issuing forth; effusion; outflow; as, the efflux of matter from an ulcer; the efflux of men's piety.

   It is then that the devout affections . . . are incessantly in efflux. I. Taylor.

2. That which flows out; emanation; effluence.

   Prime cheerer, light! . . . Efflux divine. Thomson.

Ef*flux" intransitive verb

Definitions

1. To run out; to flow forth; to pass away. Obs. Boyle.