fluence

A magical or mysterious force; hypnotic power; energy.

Noun countable, obsolete

  1. Fluency
    • a voluble and ſmart fluence of Tongue, - 1641, John Milton, Animadversions upon the Remonstrants Defence against Smectymnuus; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of...
  2. A measure of particle flux (or that of a pulse of electromagnetic radiation)

Origin

From French fluence.

Forms

fluences

Derived

fluence rate

Noun Entry 2

  1. A magical or mysterious force; hypnotic power; energy.
    • 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. - 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 191:

Origin

Shortened form of influence.

Forms

fluences