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Efflux is a perfectly innocent noun that got converted into a verb without its consent. As a noun, it describes a process -- the process of effusion -- or the stuff that comes out itself -- the effluent.
There remains hope. The verb form of this noun is intransitive. Therefor, it is the effluent which effuxes, not the container, or, in your case, it is the heavy metal which effluxes, not the cell.
Try this. It may not, as tsuwm wisely observes, save the day nor the language, but it will irritate the hell out of the scientific types who are misusing it, which may be the consolation (and only) prize.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Efflux norgatem 08/24/04 02:56 AM Re: Efflux tsuwm 08/24/04 03:06 AM Re: Efflux Father Steve 08/24/04 05:35 AM Re: Efflux Wordwind 08/24/04 08:46 AM Re: what the L? Buffalo Shrdlu 08/24/04 09:21 AM Re: Efflux Faldage 08/24/04 10:25 AM Re: Efflux Father Steve 08/24/04 06:50 PM Re: Efflux Jackie 08/25/04 02:09 AM Re: Efflux, erroroneous verb or not Wordwind 08/29/04 10:34 AM Re: Efflux, erroroneous verb or not grapho 08/29/04 11:11 AM Re: Efflux plutarch 08/24/04 12:12 PM Re: Efflux jheem 08/24/04 02:29 PM Re: Efflux Jenet 08/29/04 09:49 PM
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