effluent

adjective

1. flowing out or forth.

noun

2. something that flows out or forth; outflow; effluence.
3. a stream flowing out of a lake, reservoir, etc.
4. sewage that has been treated in a septic tank or sewage treatment plant.
5. sewage or other liquid waste that is discharged into a body of water, etc.

noun

1. liquid discharged as waste, as from an industrial plant or sewage works
2. radioactive waste released from a nuclear power station
3. a stream that flows out of another body of water
4. something that flows out or forth

adjective

5. flowing out or forth

adj.

mid-15c., from Latin effluentem (see effluence). As a noun, from 1859; meaning “liquid industrial waste” is from 1930.

Adjective

1. Flowing out or forth.

Noun

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