Effusion



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 倾出, 流出
• ［英］ n. 倾出, 流出 ( pouring out)
• ［记］ ef ( 出) +fus ( 流, 泻) +ion -> 流出

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Date: 15th century
• 1. an act of effusing
• 2. unrestrained expression of words or feelings <greeted her with great effusion — Olive H. Prouty>
• 3.
  • a.
    • (1) the escape of a fluid from anatomical vessels by rupture or exudation
    • (2) the flow of a gas through an aperture whose diameter is small as compared with the distance between the molecules of the gas
  • b. the fluid that escapes

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