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Webster 1913 Edition
Fluence
Flu′ence
,Noun.
Fluency.
[Obs.]
Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fluence
FLUENCE
, for fluency, is not used.Definition 2024
fluence
fluence
English
Noun
fluence (plural fluences)
- (obsolete) Fluency.
- a voluble and smart fluence of tongue — Milton.
- (physics) A measure of particle flux (or that of a pulse of electromagnetic radiation).
Translations
Etymology 2
Shortened form of influence.
Noun
fluence (plural fluences)
- A magical or mysterious force; hypnotic power; energy.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 191:
- I don't say she would have done anything, if it had come to the point; but the fluence was on, and she got me hot.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 191: