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单词 adfluxion
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adfluxionn.

Forms: 1700s–1800s adfluxion, 1800s adfluction.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ad- prefix, fluxion n.
Etymology: < ad- prefix + fluxion n. Compare earlier affluxion n. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ædflɒ·kʃən) /ædˈflʌkʃən/.
Obsolete.
The flowing of something towards something else; an attracted flow.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [noun] > action or process of flowing > towards
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1783 J. Trusler Poetic Endings 96 Uction... Substruction, obstruction, adfluxion, destruction, [etc.].
1829 Edinb. Rev. 50 160 The one is termed an impulsion, and the other an adfluxion of the sap.
1836 Southern Literary Jrnl. July 352 As night approaches..there will be an adfluction of the moist air of the forest, to the rarefied air of the cleared land, and an equilibrium thus be restored.
1844 W. P. Alison Outl. Pathol. ii. i. i.121Adfluxion’ or ‘movement of turgescence’, or ‘solicitation of fluids’, or..a vital erection of vessels.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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