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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ef-loo-uh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛf lu ənt



Definition of effluent

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Latin effluentem (see effluence). As a noun, from 1859; meaning "liquid industrial waste" is from 1930.
  • As in outflow : noun efflux
  • As in drainage : noun seepage
  • As in emanation : noun emergence, discharge
Example sentences :
  • The effluent or stream by which a lake discharges its water.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • As for the effluent, it was thick and turbid, and stunk like a dirty brewery.
  • Extract from : « The Dwelling House » by George Vivian Poore
  • At Troedyrhiw, as we have seen, the effluent drain is six feet deep.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • Hence this effluent, if placed upon the soil, is of great value.
  • Extract from : « Marvels of Scientific Invention » by Thomas W. Corbin
  • In most patterns of service governor weights may be added when it is desired to increase the pressure of the effluent gas.
  • Extract from : « Acetylene, The Principles Of Its Generation And Use » by F. H. Leeds
  • The lateral drains are placed at regular distances from each other, and run towards the main or effluent drain.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • The effluent water was let flow into the river, and the sludge was carried down the river in barges and cast into the sea.
  • Extract from : « The Sanitary Evolution of London » by Henry Lorenzo Jephson
  • Namely, it is an attempt to exhibit apparent nature as an effluent from the mind because of causal nature.
  • Extract from : « The Concept of Nature » by Alfred North Whitehead
  • The effluent is fit for all the varied uses of a dye works, and is stated to be perfectly capable of sustaining fish life.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 » by Various
  • In other words, doubling the rate substantially doubles the number of bacteria in the effluent.
  • Extract from : « Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXXII, June, 1911 » by E. D. Hardy

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