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efflux
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the process of flowing out [syn: outflow , effluence ] [ant: inflow , inflow ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, "act or state of flowing out," also "that which flows out," from Latin effluxus , past participle of effluere "to flow out" (see effluence ).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Active efflux is a mechanism responsible for moving compounds, like neurotransmitters , toxic substances, and antibiotics , out of the cell; this is considered to be a vital part of xenobiotic metabolism . This mechanism is important in medicine as it can ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Efflux \Ef*flux"\, v. i. To run out; to flow forth; to pass away. [Obs.] --Boyle.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The process of flowing out. 2 That which has flowed out. vb. 1 To run out. 2 To flow forth. 3 (context obsolete English) To pass away.
Usage examples of efflux.
Suchnessthe timeless and ever-present Ground which is equally and fully present in and as every single being, high or low, ascending or descending, effluxing or refluxing.
Does not the refluxing movement of God and the effluxing movement of the Goddess embrace the entire Circle of Ascent and Descent?
Creative and Effluxing and Descending God, archetypes that expressed themselves in the regular patterns of a harmonious nature.
The Byrt came into visible range, a finger-length needle of ion efflux illuminating the yorik coral noses of the three pursuing vessels.
Plotinus's Efflux is limited by the particular knowledge of the world disclosed at that time.
When the Great Goddess is instead seen to be the entire movement of Creative Descent and Efflux (at each and every epoch), then the cure is no longer regression to horticultural mythology, but progression to Goddess embodiment in the forms of tomorrow's integrations (Agape).
But in involution or efflux, if we start with the highest and represent it as A, the next level down is A - B, the next is A B C, and so forth, since each involutionary efflux is a subtraction or a stepping-down from the ground of its predecessor.
Its ion engines were pouring blue efflux into the glowball, feeding the intensity of the general radiance.
The first transports were already vanishing behind the rim of the observation dome, long needles of ion efflux trailing them as they accelerated into the planetary shield.
It was no doubt moulded up with the tenet of the transmigration of the soul, perhaps with notions analogous to the emanation system of India in which the human soul was an efflux from or indeed a part of, the Deity.