单词 | effluxion |
释义 | effluxionn. 1. a. The action or process of flowing out; an outflow (of fluids or currents of any kind). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > copious or continuous gushingc1380 streaming1398 manation?a1425 pouring?a1425 outflowinga1586 effluence1628 effluxion1638 effluvium1651 efflux1651 outflow1785 beteeming1871 1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 356 An abundant, and continuall, Effluxion of Bloud..Causeth sudden Death. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 80 We might perhaps beleeve that..by this effluxion bodies tended to the earth. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. iii. 209 Would he but endeavour to suppress certain passionate effluctions from his youth. 1874 Wiltsh. Times 3 Apr. 5/2 Death occurred from a sudden effluxion of the blood to the brain. b. concrete. An abortion. Cf. efflux n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > abortion > [noun] > aborted fetus castling1580 abortion1581 abortment1614 effluxion1643 abortus1687 1643 R. Overton Mans Mortallitie vi. 48 The Soule of that Effluction..must needs continue its immortallitie. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) 1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. 2. The lapse or passing away (of time); the expiry or completion (of a certain period). ΘΚΠ the world > time > [noun] > course or passage of time process1357 concoursec1400 coursec1460 successionc1485 passing-by1523 by-passing1526 slacka1533 continuancea1552 race1565 prolapse1585 current1587 decurse1593 passage1596 drifting1610 flux1612 effluxion1621 transcursion1622 decursion1629 devolution1629 progression1646 efflux1647 preterition1647 processus1648 decurrence1659 progress1664 fluxation1710 elapsing1720 currency1726 lapse1758 elapse1793 time-lapse1864 wearing1876 1621 J. Molle tr. P. Camerarius Liuing Libr. v. xii. 362 Till friendship may be consolidated by effluxion of time. 1631 Earl of Manchester Contemplatio Mortis 7 The glasse then runnes most faintly, when it [the hour] drawes neerest to effluxion. 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. Pref. 6 The effluxion of a century. 1868 Times 12 June 10 The partnership..having expired by effluxion of time. 3. concrete. = effluvium n., efflux n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > of intangible things or particles from an object > that which streamc1374 expiration1576 project1596 deflux1603 defluxion1603 effluence1603 resultation1603 resultance1611 resultancy1613 effluxion1625 effluency1646 emanation1646 efflux1647 issue1659 emission1664 offshoot1674 elapsea1677 1625 T. Jackson Treat. Originall of Vnbeliefe 99 Some..deny all effluxions from objects sensible. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §941 There are..some Light Effluxions from spirit to spirit. 1830 W. Hamilton in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 183 Dr. Brown confounds the matterless species of the Peripatetics with the substantial effluxions of Democritus and Epicurus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1621 |
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