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effusion 1. the flow of a gas through a small aperture under pressure, esp when the density is such that the mean distance between molecules is large compared to the diameter of the aperture 2. Med a. the escape of blood or other fluid into a body cavity or tissue b. the fluid that has escaped effusion [e′fyü·zhən] (medicine) A pouring out of any fluid into a body cavity or tissue. (physical chemistry) The movement of a gas through an opening which is small as compared with the average distance which the gas molecules travel between collisions. (science and technology) The act or process of leaking or pouring out. Any material that is effused. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It so happened that the chief of the Blackfeet party was a renegade from the Nez Perces; unlike Kosato, however, he had no vindictive rage against his native tribe, but was rather disposed, now he had got the booty, to spare all unnecessary effusion of blood. He thanked me with effusion, and said that putting the thing in this form removed every objection. The total loss of the victors in this obstinately contested affair was, in killed, wounded, and missing--one forefinger and part of a thumb-nail (which the late proprietor brought along with him in his hand), a severely contused arm, and a considerable effusion of blood flowing from the thigh of a chief, who had received an ugly thrust from a Happar spear. |
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