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dif•flu•ence



Pronunciation: (dif'lOO-uns), [key]
—n.
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. Cf. divergence.

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