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effluent definition

ef·flu·ent (-ənt)

adjective

a flowing out or forth

Etymology: ME < L effluens: see effluence

noun

a thing that flows out or forth; specif.,
  1. a stream flowing out of a body of water
    opposed to affluent,
  2. the outflow of a sewer, septic tank, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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