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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ih-floo-vee-uh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈflu vi əm |
Définition of effluvium
Origin :- 1640s, from Latin effluvium "a flowing out," from effluere (see effluence).
- noun emanation
- Some people give forth an effluvium, which is more visible than that of others.
- Extract from : « Metapsychical Phenomena » by J. Maxwell
- There is an optima distance for the realisation of this effluvium.
- Extract from : « Metapsychical Phenomena » by J. Maxwell
- I am inclined to think, that this effluvium is not altogether an imaginary phenomenon.
- Extract from : « Metapsychical Phenomena » by J. Maxwell
- The effluvium is visible under other conditions, which are worth noting.
- Extract from : « Metapsychical Phenomena » by J. Maxwell
- Some consider also that we inhale the effluvium arising from it, which has the like effect.
- Extract from : « William Clayton's Journal » by William Clayton
- Dorothy buried her face in the roses to get rid of the effluvium of such vulgarity.
- Extract from : « The Vanity Girl » by Compton Mackenzie
- We can also compare it with the effluvium which emanates from electrified bodies.
- Extract from : « Mysterious Psychic Forces » by Camille Flammarion
- This word is effluvium in the singular, and effluvia in the plural.
- Extract from : « Conversation » by Andrew P. Peabody
- If there remains the least effluvium of the fox the hound will detect it.
- Extract from : « Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and, Other Papers » by John Burroughs
- The wind and the wave are only impulses; effluvium is a current.
- Extract from : « The Man Who Laughs » by Victor Hugo
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