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Effluent is defined as liquid waste products that are discharged.

(noun)

An example of effluent is sewage dumped into the Mississippi river.

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adjective

a flowing out or forth

Origin: ME < L effluens: see effluence

noun

a thing that flows out or forth; specif.,

a stream flowing out of a body of water
opposed to affluent,
the outflow of a sewer, septic tank, etc.

See effluent in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Flowing out or forth.

noun

Something that flows out or forth, especially:

a. A stream flowing out of a body of water.

b. An outflow from a sewer or sewage system.

c. A discharge of liquid waste, as from a factory or nuclear plant.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Latin effluēns, effluent-

Origin: , present participle of effluere, to flow out

Origin: : ex-, ex-

Origin: + fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots

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