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DEFLUENT

\dɪflˈuːənt], \dɪflˈuːənt], \d_ɪ_f_l_ˈuː_ə_n_t]\

Definitions of DEFLUENT

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def'l[=oo]-ent, adj. running down, decurrent.--n. DEFLUX'ION, a discharge of fluid in the body. [L. deflu[)e]re--de, down, flu[)e]re, fluxum, to flow.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Down-flowing (part; e.g. lower end of glacier). [Latin]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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