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EFFLUENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Water mixed with waste matter
Synonyms:
effluent; sewer water; wastewater
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("effluent" is a kind of...):
waste; waste material; waste matter; waste product (any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted)
Holonyms ("effluent" is a substance of...):
sewage; sewerage (waste matter carried away in sewers or drains)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
That is flowing outward
Synonyms:
effluent; outflowing
Classified under:
Similar:
outgoing (leaving a place or a position)
Derivation:
effluence (the process of flowing out)
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