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effluent

[ ef-loo-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. flowing out or forth.


noun

  1. something that flows out or forth; outflow; effluence.
  2. a stream flowing out of a lake, reservoir, etc.
  3. sewage that has been treated in a septic tank or sewage treatment plant.
  4. sewage or other liquid waste that is discharged into a body of water, etc.

effluent

/ ˈɛflʊənt /

noun

  1. liquid discharged as waste, as from an industrial plant or sewage works
  2. radioactive waste released from a nuclear power station
  3. a stream that flows out of another body of water
  4. something that flows out or forth


adjective

  1. flowing out or forth

effluent

/ ĕflo̅o̅-ənt /

Adjective

  1. Flowing out or forth.


Noun

  1. A stream flowing out of a body of water.
  2. An outflow or discharge of liquid waste, as from a sewage system, factory, or nuclear plant.

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Other Words From

  • super·efflu·ent adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of effluent1

1720–30; < Latin effluent- (stem of effluēns flowing out, present participle of effluere ), equivalent to ef- ef- + flu- flow + -ent- -ent

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Word History and Origins

Origin of effluent1

C18: from Latin effluere to run forth, from fluere to flow

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Example Sentences

During the dry season, the filtration side is filled with partially cleaned effluent from a sewage treatment plant.

Heavy rainfall would seal up the soil until effluent had nowhere to go but up onto lawns or back into homes.

It says its plan could be done for way cheaper – $80 million all in – and could capture 80 percent of the effluent before it heads to the ocean.

This wouldn’t provide nearly as much water, but the water it would provide could still be cheaper than water we currently import from the Colorado River, and it could prevent some untreated effluent from flowing into the Pacific, Tetzlaff said.

Only seven percent of the world’s wastewater is fully treated to remove nitrogen, and when the urine-tinged effluent is released into water bodies it acts as a pollutant, causing algal blooms and fish die-offs.

Yet overall the media absolutely adores cruise-ship stories, especially if they can be connected to effluent.

No sludge is left, everything being turned into the harmless effluent.

Namely, it is an attempt to exhibit apparent nature as an effluent from the mind because of causal nature.

The meeting point of these two natures is the mind, the causal nature being influent and the apparent nature being effluent.

The effluent is fit for all the varied uses of a dye works, and is stated to be perfectly capable of sustaining fish life.

The cuttle is the only animal that I know of that would cause this by the effluent current from its "syphon tube."

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