effusion
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French effusion, from Latin effūsiō (“outpouring”)
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uːʒən
Noun
effusion (countable and uncountable, plural effusions)
- A liquid outpouring.
- (chemistry) Process of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules.
- (figuratively, by extension) An outpouring of speech or emotion.
- 1930; George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby; Animal Crackers, Paramount Pictures
- Captain Spaulding: My friends, I am highly gratified by this magnificent display of effusion […]
- 1930; George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby; Animal Crackers, Paramount Pictures
- (medicine) the seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself.
Translations
outpouring of liquid
chemistry: process
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outpouring of speech or emotion
seeping of fluid into a body cavity
French
Etymology
From Middle French effusion, borrowed from Latin effusio, effusionem.
Further reading
- “effusion” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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