Effusion

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act or an instance of effusing.
  • noun. Liquid or other matter poured forth.
  • noun. An unrestrained outpouring of feeling, as in speech or writing.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The seeping of serous, purulent, or bloody fluid into a body cavity or tissue.
  • noun. The effused fluid.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of pouring out, literally or figuratively; a shedding forth; an outpour: as, the effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, etc.
  • noun. That which is poured out; a fluid, or figuratively an influence of any kind, shed abroad.
  • noun. Specifically An outpour of thought in writing or speech; a literary effort, especially in verse: as, a poetical effusion: commonly used in disparagement.
  • noun. In pathology, the escape of a fluid from the vessels containing it into a cavity, into the surrounding tissues, or on a free surface: as, the effusion of lymph.
  • noun. [ML. effusio(n-), tr. of Gr. ῤν/σις.] That part of the constellation Aquarius (which see) included within the stream of water. It contains the star Fomalhaut, now located in the Southern Fish.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of pouring out.
  • noun. That which is poured out, literally or figuratively.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel, either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into the substance of an organ, or issue upon a free surface.
  • noun. The liquid escaping or exuded.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. an outpouring of liquid
  • noun. an outpouring of speech or emotion
  • noun. the seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. flow under pressure
  • noun. an unrestrained expression of emotion
  • Word Usage
    "But the real pleasure of this posthumous effusion is the sheer joy the author evinces in showing off generous measures of tendentiousness and his undoubted historiographical bona fides."
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