Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Effluent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Effluent \Ef"flu*ent\, n. (Geog.)
A stream that flows out of another stream or lake.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Effluent \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
effluent
adj : that is flowing outward [syn: {outflowing}]
n : water mixed with waste matter [syn: {wastewater}, {sewer
water}]
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