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Definition of: effluent
(ef′l
·ənt) adjective
Flowing out.
—noun
1. Sewage after purification treatment.
2. An outflow, as of water from a lake or stream. [<L effluens, -entis, ppr. of effluere <ex- out + fluere flow]
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