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dif•flu•ent
(dif′lo̅o̅ ənt),USA pronunciation adj.
- Hydraulicstending to flow off or away.
- Hydraulicseasily dissolving.
- Latin diffluent- (stem of diffluēns, present participle of diffluere), equivalent. to dif- dif- + fluent- flowing; see fluent
- 1610–20
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