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Effluent

Effluent Meaning & Definition
Effluent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Effluent?

[n] water mixed with waste matter
[adj] that is flowing outward

Synonyms | Synonyms for Effluent: outflowing | outgoing | sewer water | wastewater

Related Terms | Find terms related to Effluent: affluent | bayou | billabong | branch | confluent | confluent stream | dejecta | dejection | dejecture | dendritic drainage pattern | discharge | effused | effusive | egesta | ejecta | ejectamenta | ejection | excrement | excreta | excretes | extravasate | extravasated | extravasation | exudate | exudation | feeder | fork | outbound | outflowing | outgoing | outpouring | outward-bound | prong | transudate | transudation | tributary | waste | waste matter

See Also | sewage | sewerage | waste | waste material | waste matter | waste product

Effluent In Webster's Dictionary

\Ef"flu*ent\, a. [L. effluens, -entis, p. pr. of effluere to flow out; ex + fluere to flow: cf. F. effluent. See {Fluent}.] Flowing out; as, effluent beams. --Parnell.
\Ef"flu*ent\, n. (Geog.) A stream that flows out of another stream or lake.

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