[ef-loo-uh
nt] 
| 1. | flowing out or forth. |
| 2. | something that flows out or forth; outflow; effluence. |
| 3. | a stream flowing out of a lake, reservoir, etc. |
| 4. | sewage that has been treated in a septic tank or sewage treatment plant. |
| 5. | sewage or other liquid waste that is discharged into a body of water, etc. |
| ef·flu·ent (ěf'lōō-ənt) adj. Flowing out or forth. n. Something that flows out or forth, especially: a. A stream flowing out of a body of water. [Middle English, from Latin effluēns, effluent-, present participle of effluere, to flow out : ex-, ex- + fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.] |