Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Effluent

Ef′flu-ent

,
Adj.
[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.

Ef′flu-ent

,
Noun.
(Geog.)
A stream that flows out of another stream or lake.

Definition 2024


effluent

effluent

English

Adjective

effluent (not comparable)

  1. Flowing out; outflowing.
    • Parnell
      Effluent beams.

Noun

effluent (plural effluents)

  1. A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence.
  2. Sewage water that has been (partially) treated, and is released into a natural body of water; a flow of any liquid waste.
    • 2014 June 14, It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:
      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.

Translations


French

Adjective

effluent m (feminine singular effluente, masculine plural effluents, feminine plural effluentes)

  1. effluent

Noun

effluent m (plural effluents)

  1. effluent

Latin

Verb

effluent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of effluō