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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French effusion, from Latin effūsiō (“outpouring”). Displaced native Old English āgotennes.
Pronunciation
Noun
effusion (countable and uncountable, plural effusions)
- A liquid outpouring.
- (chemistry, physics) Process of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules.
- (figurative, by extension) An outpouring of speech or emotion.
- (medicine) The seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself.
Derived terms
Translations
chemistry, physics: process
outpouring of speech or emotion
seeping of fluid into a body cavity
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French effusion, borrowed from Latin effusiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
effusion f (plural effusions)
- effusion
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