effusion

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14
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16
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8

Definition of effusion

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A liquid outpouring.
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noun

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

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French effusion, from Latin effūsiō (“outpouring”). Displaced native Old English āgotennes.

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