Defn: Capable of being given off as an effluvium. "Effluviable matter." Boyle.
EFFLUVIAL
Ef*flu"vi*al, a.
Defn: Belonging to effluvia.
EFFLUVIATE
Ef*flu"vi*ate, v. i.
Defn: To give forth effluvium. [R.] "An effluviating power." Boyle.
EFFLUVIUM Ef*flu"vi*um, n.; pl. Effluvia. Etym: [L., a flowing out, fr. effluere to flow out. See Effluent, a.]
Defn: Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage.
EFFLUX
Ef"flux, n. Etym: [See Effluent, Flux.]
1. The act or process of flowing out, or issuing forth; effusion; outflow; as, the efflux of matter from an ulcer; the efflux of men's piety. It is then that the devout affections . . . are incessantly in efflux. I. Taylor.
2. That which flows out; emanation; effluence. Prime cheerer, light! . . . Efflux divine. Thomson.