fluence
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word fluence. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word fluence, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say fluence in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word fluence you have here. The definition of the word fluence will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition offluence, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology 1
Noun
fluence (countable and uncountable, plural fluences)
- (obsolete) Fluency
- 1641, John Milton, Animadversions upon the Remonstrants Defence against Smectymnuus; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, , volume I, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC, page 139:
- a voluble and ſmart fluence of Tongue,
- (physics) A measure of particle flux (or that of a pulse of electromagnetic radiation)
Derived terms
Translations
A measure of particle flux
|
Etymology 2
Shortened form of influence.
Noun
fluence (plural fluences)
- A magical or mysterious force; hypnotic power; energy.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 191:
- I don't say she would have done anything, if it had come to the point; but the fluence was on, and she got me hot.