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effluent, a. and n.|ˈɛfl(j)uːənt|
[ad. L. effluent-em pr. pple of effluĕre to flow out, f. ex out + fluĕre to flow.]
A. adj. That flows forth or outwards.
1726Monro Anat. Nerves (1741) 21 Arterious or effluent. 1738J. Keill Anim. Œcon. 90 The Motion of the effluent Water will be alike in both cases. 1828Blackw. Mag. XXIII. 590 The pure, hot, effluent gravy of your steak. 1880Daily News 9 Jan., An effluent drain into the Thames.
fig.1803Monthly Mag. XV. 151 The Acts of Peter form a..narrative, so widely different in character from the Acts of Paul, that it is hardly possible to conceive them effluent from the same pen. 1839Bailey Festus (1848) 60/1 Born Of effluent or influent Deity.
B. n.
a. A stream flowing from a larger stream, lake, or reservoir.
b. The outflow from a sewage tank, or from land after irrigation or earth-filtration of sewage.
1859R. Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl. Geog. Soc. XXIX. Geographers will doubt that such a mass..can maintain its level without an effluent. 1879Jefferies Wild Life in S.C. 344 This old hatch..is situate..on the effluent. 1883Pall Mall G. 20 Oct. 4/1 The clear effluent has been drawn off from each tank.
c. Waste discharged from an industrial works.
1930Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. CXL. 159 A The effluent is very clear..and is not harmful to human or fish life. 1959Listener 8 Jan. 48/2 The nuisances of smoke and factory effluent. 1969Morse Fur Trade ii. vi. 85 This is the result of industrial effluent from the two paper mills.
d. Radioactive waste discharged from an atomic plant.
1955Rep. U.K. Atomic Energy Auth. I. ix. 24 The Authority are required to analyse samples of all liquid effluent discharged.
Hence ˈeffluentness. rare—0.
1772in Scott Bailey's Dict. (Ash). |