Effluent

Quick meaning: Effluent is an adjective meaning Flowing out; outflowing.

Meaning

Flowing out; outflowing.

More Meanings

1. (countable) A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence.
2. (uncountable) Sewage or waste water discharged into a natural body of water.

Example Sentences

The landscape was dotted with reservoirs and many many effluent streams.

Residents have little control over the industrial effluent that pollutes their rivers.

One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.

But while the effluent beams of the sun, and their quickening power in the natural sphere, furnish a good illustration of my idea of the Holy Spirit, I may, perhaps, illustrate the idea still better by a reference to human thoughts and affections […]

Word Forms

• effluents

Synonyms for effluent

Depending on context, synonyms include discharge, outgoing, wastewater.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wastewater, outgoing, outlet, eluate, outfall, sewerage.

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