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efflation

efflation noun: a blowing, breathing or puffing out.

Noun

efflation (usually uncountable, plural efflations)

  1. (archaic, usually) A blowing, breathing or puffing out.
    • a soft efflation of celestial firea. 1718, Thomas Parnell, David
    Synonyms:
    exhalation

efflation meaning in Tamil

efflation in Tamil

உப்பல்

Synonyms of efflation

Forms of efflation

pluralefflations

Origin of efflation

From Latin efflātiō (“exhalation”), from Latin efflō (“to exhale”), from ex- (“out, away”) + flō (“to blow”).

Questions about efflation

What does efflation mean?
Efflation means a blowing, breathing or puffing out.
What is efflation in Tamil?
Efflation in Tamil is உப்பல். See Efflation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is efflation?
Efflation is a noun.
What is the plural of efflation?
The plural of efflation is efflations.

Words near efflation in the dictionary

  1. efflagitates
  2. efflagitation
  3. efflagitations
  4. efflate
  5. efflates
  6. efflation
  7. efflations
  8. Effler
  9. Efflers
  10. effleurage
  11. effleuraged

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Adapted from Wiktionary: efflation (page history and authors); efflation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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