effluent

ef·flu·ent  (fl-nt)

adj.

Flowing out or forth.

n.

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.

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[Middle English, from Latin effluns, effluent-, present participle of effluere, to flow out : ex-, ex- + fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.]

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effluent [ˈɛflʊənt]

n

1. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) liquid discharged as waste, as from an industrial plant or sewage works

2. (Physics / Nuclear Physics) radioactive waste released from a nuclear power station

3. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a stream that flows out of another body of water

4. something that flows out or forth

adj

flowing out or forth

[from Latin effluere to run forth, from fluere to flow]

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effluent  (fl-nt)

Adjective

Flowing out or forth.

Noun

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

2. An outflow or discharge of liquid waste, as from a sewage system, factory, or nuclear plant.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	effluent - water mixed with waste matter         sewer water, wastewater waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product - any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" sewage, sewerage - waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
Adj.	1.	effluent - that is flowing outward outflowing outgoing - leaving a place or a position; "an outgoing steamship"

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effluent

noun waste, discharge, flow, emission, sewage, pollutant, outpouring, outflow, exhalation, issue, emanation, liquid waste, efflux, effluvium, effluence

Translations

effluent [ˈeflʊənt] N → aguas fpl residuales

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effluent [ˈɛfluənt] n → effluent m

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effluent

adj → ausfließend; gas → ausströmend

n (from a lake) → Ausfluss m; (= sewage) → Abwasser nt

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effluent [ˈɛflʊənt] n → effluente m

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effluent [ˈɛflʊənt] n → effluente m

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effluent

n effluent [ˈefluənt]

(a flowing out of) waste matter from a factory etc. afval فَضَلات المَصْنَع отпадъчни води odpadní voda spildevand das Abwasser απόβλητα residuos äravool, heitvesi مواد برون ریز؛ مواد زائد päästö effluent שְׁפָכִים कूडा़-करकट otjecanje kifolyó limbah útstreymi effluente 廃液 유출물 nuotėkos notekūdeņi bahan buangan afvalwater kloakk-/spillvann ściek defluente reziduuri промышленный сток odpadová voda odplaka otpadne vode utsläpp, avlopp สิ่งปฏิกูลจากโรงงาน (sıvı) fabrika atığı 流出物，污水 рідкі промислові відходи صنعتی فضلہ sự tuôn ra 流出物，污水