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effluences

effluences is the plural of effluence.

Meaning of effluence

Noun

effluence (countable and uncountable, plural effluences)

  1. The process of flowing out.
  2. Something 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

Questions about effluences

What is effluences the plural of?
Effluences is the plural of effluence.

Words near effluences in the dictionary

  1. effloresces
  2. efflorescing
  3. efflower
  4. efflowers
  5. effluence
  6. effluences
  7. effluencies
  8. effluency
  9. effluent
  10. effluents
  11. effluous

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