Effusion

noun

Word Frequency: 1.9

Definitions

1.nounA liquid outpouring.

2.nounProcess of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules.

3.noun(by extension) An outpouring of speech or emotion.

4.nounThe seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself.

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