effluent

Plural: effluents

Noun

• Liquid waste or sewage discharged into a river or sea.
• water mixed with waste matter
• A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence.
• Sewage or waste water discharged into a natural body of water.

Adjective Satellite

• that is flowing outward

Adj

• Flowing out; outflowing.

Examples

• Residents have little control over the industrial effluent that pollutes their rivers.
• The EFFLUENT of low-scoring words drained his chances of winning the game.
• The landscape was dotted with reservoirs and many many effluent streams.

Synonyms

outflowing, sewer water, wastewater, discharge#Noun

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