Effusion

Definitions

1. A liquid outpouring.
   countable, uncountable
2. Process of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules.
   countable, uncountable
3. An outpouring of speech or emotion.
   broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable
4. The seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“pleural effusion”

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