effluve Electr.
(ɛˈfl(j)uːv)
[a. F. effluve in same sense, ad. L. effluv-ium, 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. |