fluence1
/ˈfluːəns
/noun [mass noun] British informal
Mysterious, magical, or hypnotic power: you’ve put the fluence on me, haven’t you?
Origin
Early 20th century: shortening of influence.
Rhymes
fluence2
/ˈfluːəns/noun Physics
A stream of particles crossing a unit area, usually expressed as the number of particles per second: the model computes the expected proton fluences from solar events [mass noun]: an ion beam of low fluence...
- Different concentrations of BPA and different fluences of thermal neutrons were studied.
- Under these low fluences of blue light, a rapid release of glucose from starch could provide substrate for glucosylating ABA to its inactive conjugate.
- Combining optical clearing with laser radiation could reduce the laser fluences required for a therapeutic effect.
Origin
Early 17th century (in the sense 'a flowing, a stream'): from French, from Latin fluentia, from fluere 'to flow'.