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effluvium

effluvium In this historical usage, effluvium means a material outflow or emanation thought to produce certain effects.

In this historical usage, effluvium means a material outflow or emanation thought to produce certain effects. The source mentions it as the kind of material agency once proposed to explain electrical phenomena.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Matter and Form” (Matter and Form).
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