Meaning of diffluence | Babel Free

Definitions

A flowing off on all sides; fluidity.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The characteristics of the soils, vegetation, desert varnish, slope of the stream channel, and drainage texture are used to confirm⟳ the location of the primary diffluence.”

“Some of the sediment transported during runoff is deposited locally, and a lobe of deposited sediment is formed downstream from the diffluence.”

“Usually, however, confluence is associated with an increase⟳ in air velocity and diffluence with a decrease. In the intermediate case, confluence is balanced by an increase⟳ in wind velocity and diffluence by a decrease in velocity.”

“This flow⟳ exhibits diffluence and stretching and hence divergence, but no curvature or shear and hence no vorticity.”

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