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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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