"effluent" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From French effluent, from Latin effluens, effluentis. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|effluent}} French effluent, {{uder|en|la|effluens}} Latin effluens Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} effluent (not comparable)
  1. Flowing out; outflowing. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-effluent-en-adj-HITtHglf

Noun

Forms: effluents [plural]
Etymology: From French effluent, from Latin effluens, effluentis. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|effluent}} French effluent, {{uder|en|la|effluens}} Latin effluens Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} effluent (countable and uncountable, plural effluents)
  1. (countable) A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-effluent-en-noun-1nlcWInn
  2. Sewage water that has been (partially) treated, and is released into a natural body of water; a flow of any liquid waste. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (flow of liquid waste): водосток (vodostok) [masculine] (Bulgarian), efluent [masculine] (Catalan), 廢水 (Chinese Mandarin), 废水 (fèishuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 污水 (wūshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 髒水 (Chinese Mandarin), 脏水 (zāngshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), jätevesi (Finnish), effluente [masculine] (Italian), waiparakaingaki (Maori), efluente [masculine] (Spanish), vertido [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-effluent-en-noun-OYfL76zV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 23 68 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 13 25 62 Disambiguation of 'flow of liquid waste': 12 88

Inflected forms

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