effluent

4 definitions found

effluent - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Effluent \Ef"flu*ent\, a. [L. effluens, -entis, p. pr. of
     effluere to flow out; ex + fluere to flow: cf. F. effluent.
     See Fluent.]
     Flowing out; as, effluent beams. --Parnell.
     [1913 Webster]

  Effluent \Ef"flu*ent\, n. (Geog.)
     A stream that flows out of another stream or lake.
     [1913 Webster]

effluent - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  effluent
      adj 1: that is flowing outward [syn: effluent, outflowing]
      n 1: water mixed with waste matter [syn: effluent,
           wastewater, sewer water]

effluent - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "effluent":
     affluent, bayou, billabong, branch, confluent, confluent stream,
     dejecta, dejection, dejecture, dendritic drainage pattern,
     discharge, effused, effusive, egesta, ejecta, ejectamenta,
     ejection, excrement, excreta, excretes, extravasate, extravasated,
     extravasation, exudate, exudation, feeder, fork, outbound,
     outflowing, outgoing, outpouring, outward-bound, prong, transudate,
     transudation, tributary, waste, waste matter