effluence

Examples

• All

• It was pure effluence.

  King Kong (2005)

• Or one also thinks of the notion of efflux—flowing out, effluence.

  Academic text (2017)

• With subtle effluence of cat.

  Academic text (2016)

• You'll never know how near he came to ending up in my effluence digester.

  Desecration (1999)

• Thus, the Arab self is endowed with an effluence which fulfills the goal of life: "heroism." 14

  Academic text (1996)

• I only survived because her smoking carcass... ...formed a protective cocoon of slaughtered human effluence.

  Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)

• He felt urgency and, looking up, he continued along the narrow stairs, listing against the weight of the Betacam, batteries, and assorted videotaping effluence in the bag.

  Fiction book (2001)

• This amalgam of public and private history, hauntingly persistent and deeply pooled in Komunyakaa's memory, spills out in these poems in sometimes unexpected effluences.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The effluence from the wastewater treatment plant is released into the ocean.

• The scientist measured the effluence of chemicals flowing from the industrial site.

Synonyms

D

drainage

vseffluence

43 3.5

Removing liquid so it flows away from a place or object

is about the simple act of flowing out rather than intentional removal

O

outflow

vseffluence

• Specialized

13 4.6

Movement of water, gas or money out of a place

is the general act of flow outward rather than specific systems

E

effusion

vseffluence

• Specialized

7 8.5

A flow of liquid or gas out through a small opening

is broader and does not require pressure or a small opening

E

efflux

vseffluence

• Specialized

1 9.9

A flow of something out of a place, like water or chemicals

is the general action of movement outwards, not tied to a place

D

derivation

vseffluence

• Specialized

1 7.4

Removing water from a river or source for use

is the spontaneous act of flowing out rather than deliberate removal

O

outflowing

vseffluence

5.6

Moving outward in a steady stream from a source like water or gas

is the general flow action that can be continuous or momentary

E

exudation

vseffluence

• Specialized

9.6

Slow leaking of liquid from wounds or blood vessels

is broader, covering any outward flow not only biological discharge

O

oozing

vseffluence

4.5

A slow steady flow of liquid from a small opening

is the general act of flowing out rather than slow seepage specifically

S

to spurting

vseffluence

3.9

To force liquid out quickly in a narrow stream, like blood or water

is the general outward flow and not necessarily sudden or forceful

E

exfiltration

vseffluence

• Specialized

8.4

The leaking of water from a pipe or drain into the soil

is the broad process of flowing out, not limited to infrastructure leakage

Antonyms

I

influx

59 4.1

A large number of people or things arriving at a place

I

intake

• Specialized

7 3.5

The act of breathing air into the lungs

How Fast

gush

6 4.3

flow

188 1.0

effluence

1 9.3

to trickle

70 3.4

seepage

7 5.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology