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Effluent
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Effluent has 1 sense
- effluent(n = noun.substance) sewer water, wastewater - water mixed with waste matter; Array is a kind of waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product
Adjective Effluent has 1 sense
- effluent(s = adj.all) outflowing - that is flowing outward; Array Derived form noun effluence1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Effluent, 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. [1913 Webster]
Effluent, n.
A stream that flows out of another stream or lake. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Effluent, adj. & n.
--adj. flowing forth or out.
--n.
1 sewage or industrial waste discharged into a river, the sea, etc.
2 a stream or lake flowing from a larger body of water.
--adj. flowing forth or out.
--n.
1 sewage or industrial waste discharged into a river, the sea, etc.
2 a stream or lake flowing from a larger body of water.
THESAURUS
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
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