Efflux
[EF-fləks]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Latin, 16th century
1.
The flowing out of a particular substance or particle.
Examples of Efflux in a sentence
"The efflux of the runoff from the melting snow left the grass soft and muddy."
"The lake is fed by the efflux of underwater springs."
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