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diffluence

[ dif-loo-uhns ]

noun

  1. the act of flowing off or away.
  2. the act or process of dissolving into a liquid; liquefaction; deliquescence.
  3. the rate at which fluid flow diverges along an axis perpendicular to the direction of flow at a given point.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of diffluence1

First recorded in 1625–35; difflu(ent) + -ence
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Example Sentences

They could not have "moved," but probably "went to smash" by a process peculiar to infusoria, and which Dujardin politely describes as "diffluence."

Meanwhile, the diffluence causes a spreading and flattening of the sarcode and swimming gives place to creeping, while the flagella violently lash.

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