effluent
/ˈɛfluːənt/US/ˈɛfluənt/
effluent adjective: flowing out; outflowing.
Adjective
effluent (not comparable)
- Flowing out; outflowing.
- But while the effluent beams of the sun, and their quickening power in the natural sphere, furnish a good illustration of my idea of the Holy Spirit, I may, perhaps, illustrate the idea still better by a reference to human thoughts and affections […]1860, Benjamin Franklin Barrett, Letters on the Divine Trinity: Addressed to Henry Ward Beecher
Noun
effluent (countable and uncountable, plural effluents)
- A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence.
- The landscape was dotted with reservoirs and many many effluent streams.
- Sewage or waste water discharged into a natural body of water.
- Residents have little control over the industrial effluent that pollutes their rivers.
- Still remarkably clean, Baikal nevertheless feels the effects of air and water pollution from various sources, including industries around Irkutsk and from the Selenga river, which provides half the water flowing into Baikal. Most controversy centers on the effluent from a cellulose plant at...1992 June, “The Pearl of Siberia”, in National Geographic, volume 181, number 6
- Synonyms:
- discharge
effluent meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
effluent in Tamil
- தொழிலக நீர்ம கழிவு, வழிந்தோடும் கிளைக் கால்வாய், வெளியேறும் கழிவு, கசிவு, கழிவு, வெளிப்பாய்கின்ற
effluent in Urdu
- جاری, رواں
effluent in Bengali
- বর্জ্য জল, তরল বর্জ্য
effluent in Malayalam
- വഴിഞ്ഞൊഴുകുന്ന, പ്രവഹിക്കുന്ന, പുറത്തേയ്ക്കൊഴുകുന്ന
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- effluent in Kannada
- ರಾಸಾಯನಿಕ ಅನುಪಯುಕ್ತ ಕಚ್ಚಾವಸ್ತು, ಕೊಳಚೆ ನೀರು, ರೊಚ್ಚುನೀರು, ಹೊರಜಿನುಗುವ
Examples of effluent in a sentence
- Most controversy centers on the effluent from a cellulose plant at Baikalsk.1992 June, “The Pearl of Siberia”, in National Geographic, volume 181, number 6:
- Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.2014 June 14, “It’s a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
Synonyms of effluent
Forms of effluent
| plural | effluents |
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Origin of effluent
From French effluent, from Latin effluens, effluentis. By surface analysis, e- + fluent.
Words formed from effluent
Questions about effluent
- What does effluent mean?
- Effluent means flowing out; outflowing.
- What is effluent in Tamil?
- Effluent in Tamil is தொழிலக நீர்ம கழிவு, வழிந்தோடும் கிளைக் கால்வாய், வெளியேறும் கழிவு. See Effluent meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use effluent in a sentence?
- Most controversy centers on the effluent from a cellulose plant at Baikalsk.
- What part of speech is effluent?
- Effluent can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce effluent?
- Effluent is pronounced /ˈɛfluːənt/ (UK).
Words near effluent in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: effluent (page history and authors); effluent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); effluent (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Effluent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); effluent (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); effluent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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