efflux

== English == === Etymology === From Latin effluxus, from effluō (“flow out or away”), from ex (“out of, from”) + fluō (“flow”). See also effluxion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛflʌks/ === Noun === efflux (countable and uncountable, plural effluxes) The process of flowing out. 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. Something which has flowed out. ==== Synonyms ==== (process of flowing out): outflow, effluxion, effluence (that which has flowed out): outflow ==== Antonyms ==== influx ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === efflux (third-person singular simple present effluxes, present participle effluxing, simple past and past participle effluxed) (intransitive) To run out; to flow forth. (intransitive, obsolete) To pass away.