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Meaning of Efflux | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɛflʌks

Definitions

  1. The process of flowing out.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Something which has flowed out.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الدفق
Български изтичане
Deutsch Ausfluss
Español eflujo
Latina effluvium
Polski upływ wypływ
Українська відплив

Examples

“We all age through the efflux of time.”
“The efflux of matter from a boil can be painful.”
“It is there that the devout affections, undisturbed by other faculties, are incessantly in efflux.”
“1988, Elizabeth Sagey, Degree of closure in complex segments, Norval Smith, Harry van der Hulst (editors), Features, Segmental Structure and Harmony Processes, Part 1, Linguistic Models 12a, page 176, The remaining effluxes are pronounced without audible velar release.”
“By facilitating efflux of drugs from the intracellular domain, these proteins reduce cytotoxicity and thus confer drug resistance.”
“the efflux of a boil”
“Prime cheerer, light! […] Efflux divine.”
“Thus between the earth and the sky there is a perpetual exchange of effluxes following a double way, ascending and descending. From the earth and sea arise effluxes, some dry, others moist.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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