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effusion

effusion noun: a liquid outpouring.

Noun

effusion (countable and uncountable, plural effusions)

  1. A liquid outpouring.
    Antonyms:
    infusion
  2. Process of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules.
  3. (broadly, figuratively) An outpouring of speech or emotion.
    • 1930; George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby; Animal Crackers, Paramount Pictures
      Captain Spaulding: My friends, I am highly gratified by this magnificent display of effusion […]
    • The housekeeper, a very decorative brunette of thirty-five with a pseudo-English accent, greeted him with a mixture of grateful effusion and condescending patronage.1946, William Hatfield, Buffalo Jim, Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege, page 70
  4. The seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself.
    • pleural effusion

effusion meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

effusion in Tamil

பொழிவு, வெளிப்பரவல், ஊறல், நீர்மக்கட்டு, நீர்மத் தேக்கம், பீறிட்டு வெளிப்பரவல்

effusion in Bengali

নির্গমন, নিঃসরণ, আবেগ, শব্দের স্বতঃস্ফূর্ত বহিঃপ্রকাশ

effusion in Malayalam

rush, outflow, outpouring
സ്രാവം, സ്ലാവം, വാർച്ച, ഒലിപ്പ്, ഒഴുകൽ, ഒഴുക്ക്
outpouring, outburst, gushing
പൊട്ടിത്തെറി, അനിയന്ത്രിതവികാരപ്രകടനം, അനർഗ്ഗളപ്രവാഹം, വാഗ്ധോരണി, വികാരപ്രവാഹം, ധാരാവാഹിയായ പ്രസംഗം

effusion in Kannada

ಪ್ರವಾಹ
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effusion in Sanskrit
मोक्ष mokṣa
effusion in Tagalog
panlalagos
effusion in Arabic
اِنْدِفَاق indifāq, اِنْصِبَاب inṣibāb, تَدَفُّق tadaffuq
effusion in Indonesian
efusi

Examples of effusion in a sentence

  • The "supreme idea of the world," the "unbrooked effusion of the unconscious will," is violence .
  • The oesophagobronchial fistula, causing pleural effusions, was very small and could be caused by idiopathic oesophageal diverticulum.
  • Were it not for the fact of my kingship, I would blush at your admirational effusions.

All 11 example sentences with effusion

Antonyms of effusion

Forms of effusion

pluraleffusions

Origin of effusion

Borrowed from Middle French effusion, from Latin effūsiō (“outpouring”). Displaced native Old English āgotennes.

Words formed from effusion

Words that rhyme with effusion

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Questions about effusion

What does effusion mean?
Effusion means a liquid outpouring.
What is effusion in Tamil?
Effusion in Tamil is பொழிவு, வெளிப்பரவல், ஊறல். See Effusion meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is effusion?
Effusion is a noun.
What is the plural of effusion?
The plural of effusion is effusions.

Words near effusion in the dictionary

  1. effuses
  2. effusin
  3. effusing
  4. effusiometer
  5. effusiometers
  6. effusion
  7. effusions
  8. effusive
  9. effusively
  10. effusiveness
  11. effusivenesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: effusion (page history and authors); effusion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Effusion (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); effusion (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); effusion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); मोक्ष (Sanskrit) (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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