[ˈɛflʊənt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- liquid waste or sewage discharged into a river or the sea
(e.g: industrial effluent)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the adjective sense ‘flowing out’): from Latin effluent- ‘flowing out’, from the verb effluere (see effluence). The noun dates from the mid 19th century