Effluent

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  • adjective. Flowing out or forth.
  • noun. Something that flows out or forth, especially.
  • noun. A stream flowing out of a body of water.
  • noun. An outflow from a sewer or sewage system.
  • noun. A discharge of liquid waste, as from a factory or nuclear plant.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Flowing out; emanating.
  • noun. That which flows out or issues forth.
  • noun. Specifically, in geography, a stream that flows out of another stream or out of a lake: as, the Atchafalaya is an effluent of the Mississippi river.
  • noun. In mathematics, a covariant of a quantic of degree mn in i variables, the covariant being of degree m and in p variables, where p is the number of permutations that can be obtained by dividing n into i parts.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Flowing out.
  • noun. A stream that flows out of another stream or lake.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Flowing out; outflowing.
  • noun. A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence.
  • noun. Sewage water that has been (partially) treated, and is released into a natural body of water; a flow of any liquid waste.
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  • adjective. that is flowing outward
  • noun. water mixed with waste matter
  • Word Usage
    "Also, if the grass courts were fertilized with fecal effluent from the Canada geese and Nutria overpopulating all of our public parks and golf courses, it would be a real "win-win" for nature and the economy."
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