Electr. [a. F. effluve in same sense, ad. L. effluvium, f. ex out + flu-ĕre to flow.
The Fr. word was first employed in this sense as a translation of EFFLUVIUM, used in English by Hauksbee 1767.]
The diffusion of electricity from an electrified body by radiation or atmospheric conduction.
1881. in Nature, XXV. 168. Combination of hydrogen with oxygen under the influence of electric effluves.
