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