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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)

  1. (obsolete) Fluency.
    a voluble and smart fluence of tongue Milton.
  2. (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)

  1. 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.