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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: that is flowing outward [syn: effluent, outflowing] n
1: water mixed with waste matter [syn: effluent, wastewater, sewer water]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Latin effluent-, effluens, present participle of effluere to flow out, from ex- + fluere to flow — more at fluid Date: 1726 flowing out ; emanating, outgoing <an effluent river> II. noun Date: 1859 something that flows out: as a. an outflowing branch of a main stream or lake b. waste material (as smoke, liquid industrial refuse, or sewage) discharged into the environment especially when serving as a pollutant

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Effluent Ef"flu*ent, n. (Geog.) A stream that flows out of another stream or lake.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(effluents) Effluent is liquid waste material that comes out of factories or sewage works. (FORMAL) The effluent from the factory was dumped into the river... = waste N-MASS

Moby Thesaurus

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