effluxion of time

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Meaning: (law,formal,idiomatic)Thedeterminationof aterm of yearsdue to thepassage of time, rather than theoccurrenceof a specific event.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seeeffluxion,‎time.1944March and April, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, inRailway Magazine, page89:[...] we often fail to make sufficient allowance for the changes in standards brought about by theeffluxion of time.

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