diffluencen.

Brit.

/ˈdɪflʊəns/, U.S.

/ˈdɪˌfluəns/,

/ˈdɪfləwəns/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: diffluent adj., -ence suffix.

Etymology: < diffluent adj.: see -ence suffix. Compare post-classical Latin diffluentia abundance (4th or 5th cent. in Augustine). Compare diffluency n.In sense 3 after French diffluence (1865 in this sense, in the passage translated in quot. 1869).

1. With reference to material or immaterial things: the action or fact of flowing away or apart; dispersion or divergence by flowing. Contrasted with confluence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [noun] > by flowing

diffluence1602

promanation1662

1602 T. A. Massacre of Money sig. C^v You the sonne of carelesse diffluence, Brother to loosenesse and intemperance.

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island viii. xvi. 110 Their violence, 'Fore danger spent with lavish diffluence, Was none, or weak in time of greatest exigence.

1666 R. Boyle Hydrostatical Paradoxes ix. 168 The diffluence of the water..being hindred by the sides of the pipe.

1738 C. Place Doctr. Light, Sight, & Colours 48 Gushing continually every Way at once, from every Part of his patent and open Orb, by a total Diffluence, as from a Sea unconfin'd.

1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry I. ii. i. 292 Such a confluence and diffluence [of the Euphrates and the Hiddekel rivers] make, he supposes, the four heads mentioned by Moses.

1865 Morning Post 7 Apr. 6/5 The diffluence of nations and their languages from one common source.

1920 D. W. La Rue Psychol. for Teachers xiii. 224 Confluence of mental (and perhaps neural) currents is agreeable; diffluence, disagreeable.

2009 A. Mills Confluence Public & Private Internat. Law vi. 298 The analysis of both public and private international law presented in this book undermines their usual separation into distinct disciplines, their perceived diffluence into parallel streams.

2. Chiefly Medicine. Dissolution of organic matter into a liquid or semi-liquid state. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > [noun]

meltingeOE

humectation1477

liquefaction1477

colliquation1601

eliquation1603

dissolutiona1616

liquation1617

resolution1644

diffluence1673

uncurdling1673

flux1684

fluxion1731

fluidification1837

liquescence1875

fluidization1932

1673 R. Sharrock De Finibus Virtutis Christianæ ii. 124 The diffluence and putrefaction of his corps.

1828 Periscope 8 Mar. in Medico-chirurg. Rev. 8 536/1 The posterior columns of the medulla spinalis were found softened to the consistence of cream... This softening or diffluence was greatest at the surface.

1851 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 22 57 We have many cases of fatal softening of the brain, sometimes even to diffluence.

1918 Med. Rec. 18 May 862/1 The lesions consist above all in foci of softening, ordinarily hemorrhagic in character, which may even reach a complete diffluence of the nerve tissue.

1943 P. G. Kreider Measles Encephalomyelitis with Venous Thrombosis 2 There was marked softening of the cervical enlargement of the cord with partial diffluence.

†3. Zoology. A mode of disintegration exhibited by some species of protozoa, typically in response to adverse environmental conditions, in which protoplasm disperses through ruptures in the cell membrane. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1869 H. M. Hart tr. C. H. B. A. Moquin-Tandon World of Sea v. 59 One of the most surprising phenomena which we meet with in the study of infusoria is their disorganisation by diffluence [Fr. diffluence].

1910 R. W. Hegner Introd. Zool. (1913) iv. 41 Death by diffluence in thus prevented.

1928 L. V. Heilbrunn Colloid Chem. Protoplasm xiii. 215 Not always did a protozoan show diffluence.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	diffluence
释义	diffluencen. Brit. /ˈdɪflʊəns/, U.S. /ˈdɪˌfluəns/, /ˈdɪfləwəns/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: diffluent adj., -ence suffix. Etymology: < diffluent adj.: see -ence suffix. Compare post-classical Latin diffluentia abundance (4th or 5th cent. in Augustine). Compare diffluency n.In sense 3 after French diffluence (1865 in this sense, in the passage translated in quot. 1869). 1. With reference to material or immaterial things: the action or fact of flowing away or apart; dispersion or divergence by flowing. Contrasted with confluence. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [noun] > by flowing diffluence1602 promanation1662 1602 T. A. Massacre of Money sig. C^v You the sonne of carelesse diffluence, Brother to loosenesse and intemperance. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island viii. xvi. 110 Their violence, 'Fore danger spent with lavish diffluence, Was none, or weak in time of greatest exigence. 1666 R. Boyle Hydrostatical Paradoxes ix. 168 The diffluence of the water..being hindred by the sides of the pipe. 1738 C. Place Doctr. Light, Sight, & Colours 48 Gushing continually every Way at once, from every Part of his patent and open Orb, by a total Diffluence, as from a Sea unconfin'd. 1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry I. ii. i. 292 Such a confluence and diffluence [of the Euphrates and the Hiddekel rivers] make, he supposes, the four heads mentioned by Moses. 1865 Morning Post 7 Apr. 6/5 The diffluence of nations and their languages from one common source. 1920 D. W. La Rue Psychol. for Teachers xiii. 224 Confluence of mental (and perhaps neural) currents is agreeable; diffluence, disagreeable. 2009 A. Mills Confluence Public & Private Internat. Law vi. 298 The analysis of both public and private international law presented in this book undermines their usual separation into distinct disciplines, their perceived diffluence into parallel streams. 2. Chiefly Medicine. Dissolution of organic matter into a liquid or semi-liquid state. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > [noun] meltingeOE humectation1477 liquefaction1477 colliquation1601 eliquation1603 dissolutiona1616 liquation1617 resolution1644 diffluence1673 uncurdling1673 flux1684 fluxion1731 fluidification1837 liquescence1875 fluidization1932 1673 R. Sharrock De Finibus Virtutis Christianæ ii. 124 The diffluence and putrefaction of his corps. 1828 Periscope 8 Mar. in Medico-chirurg. Rev. 8 536/1 The posterior columns of the medulla spinalis were found softened to the consistence of cream... This softening or diffluence was greatest at the surface. 1851 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 22 57 We have many cases of fatal softening of the brain, sometimes even to diffluence. 1918 Med. Rec. 18 May 862/1 The lesions consist above all in foci of softening, ordinarily hemorrhagic in character, which may even reach a complete diffluence of the nerve tissue. 1943 P. G. Kreider Measles Encephalomyelitis with Venous Thrombosis 2 There was marked softening of the cervical enlargement of the cord with partial diffluence. †3. Zoology. A mode of disintegration exhibited by some species of protozoa, typically in response to adverse environmental conditions, in which protoplasm disperses through ruptures in the cell membrane. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1869 H. M. Hart tr. C. H. B. A. Moquin-Tandon World of Sea v. 59 One of the most surprising phenomena which we meet with in the study of infusoria is their disorganisation by diffluence [Fr. diffluence]. 1910 R. W. Hegner Introd. Zool. (1913) iv. 41 Death by diffluence in thus prevented. 1928 L. V. Heilbrunn Colloid Chem. Protoplasm xiii. 215 Not always did a protozoan show diffluence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1602
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