diffluence

A flowing off on all sides; fluidity.

Noun

  1. A flowing off on all sides; fluidity.
    • The characteristics of the soils, vegetation, desert varnish, slope of the stream channel, and drainage texture are used to confirm the location of the primary diffluence. - 1992, H. W. Hjalmarson, S. P. Kemna, Flood...
    • Some of the sediment transported during runoff is deposited locally, and a lobe of deposited sediment is formed downstream from the diffluence. - 1994, H. W. Hjalmarson, Potential Flood Hazards and Hydraulic...
    • Usually, however, confluence is associated with an increase in air velocity and diffluence with a decrease. In the intermediate case, confluence is balanced by an increase in wind velocity and diffluence by a decrease...

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diffluences diffluency