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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Effluent  \Ef"flu*ent\,  n.  (Geog.) 
  A  stream  that  flows  out  of  another  stream  or  lake. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  effluent 
  adj  :  that  is  flowing  outward  [syn:  {outflowing}] 
  n  :  water  mixed  with  waste  matter  [syn:  {wastewater},  {sewer 
  water}] 




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