effluent

adj.
Flowing out or forth.

n.
Something that flows out or forth, especially:

1. A stream flowing out of a body of water.
2. An outflow from a sewer or sewage system.
3. A discharge of liquid waste, as from a factory or nuclear plant.

[Middle English, from Latin effluēns, effluent-, present participle of effluere, to flow out : ex-, ex- + fluere, to flow.]

The flow into a river, stream, or lake of sewage, fertilizers in solution, or liquid industrial waste.

In sanitary engineering, a liquid which is discharged as waste, esp. the discharge from a septic tank.

effluent discharging into soil

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Waste from an abattoir carried away in liquid form. Disposal is a major problem because of the need to avoid pollution of waterways. See aerobic effluent treatment, anaerobic effluent treatment.

IN BRIEF: n. - Water mixed with waste matter adj. - That is flowing outward.

Tutor's tip: "Affluent" (or wealthy) people don't usually throw their money down the drain. If they did, their riches would turn into "effluent" (waste in a sewer).

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - afløb, spildevand, udslip af forurenet væske
adj. - udstrømmende

Nederlands (Dutch)
zijtak (van een rivier), afvalstof, uitstromend

Français (French)
n. - effluent
adj. - effluent

Deutsch (German)
n. - Abwässer, Abfluß
adj. - abfließend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - στόμιο αποβολής λυμάτων, ποταμός που εκρέει από λίμνη ή άλλο ποταμό
adj. - εκρέων, απορρέων, εκχεόμενος, έκβλητος

Italiano (Italian)
defluente, emissario, di scarico

Português (Portuguese)
n. - efluente (m)
adj. - efluente

Русский (Russian)
сток, сточные воды

Español (Spanish)
n. - chorro o corriente que sale
adj. - efluente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - utsläpp, avlopp, spillvatten
adj. - utflytande, utströmmande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
流出物, 湖等流出之水流, 由河, 流出的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 流出物, 湖等流出之水流, 由河
adj. - 流出的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 유수
adj. - 유출하는

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 流水, 廃水

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فرع نهر (صفه) متدفق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שופכין, נחל או אגם הזורמים ממוקר מים גדול יותר‬
adj. - ‮זורם‬

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