• Fluence

    Origin 1

    From French fluence.

    Full definition of fluence

    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).

    Origin 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.
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