[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

effluence \ef"fluence\, n. cf. f. effluence.
   1. a flowing out, or emanation.
      1913 webster

   2. that which flows or issues from any body or substance;
      issue; efflux.
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            bright effluence of bright essence increate
                                                  --milton.
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            and, as if the gloom of the earth and sky had been
            but the effluence of these two mortal hearts, it
            vanished with their sorrow.           --hawthorne.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

effluence
     n : the process of flowing out syn: outflow, efflux ant:
         inflow, inflow
see also:
outflow efflux inflow 

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