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Effluent   /ˈɛfluənt/   Listen
Effluent

adjective
1.
That is flowing outward.  Synonym: outflowing.






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"Effluent" Quotes from Famous Books



... immense waste and loss. Amongst these waste products the worst are those coming from chemical works, paper works, bleach works, etc. If the paper works be those working up wood pulp, the pollutions of effluent water will be about as noxious as they well can be. You will have gums and resins from the wood, calcium chloride from the bleach vats, acids from the "sours"; resin, and resin-soaps; there may also be alumina salts present. Now alumina, lime, resin, and resin-soaps, etc., ...
— The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing - Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association • Watson Smith



Words linked to "Effluent" :   waste, waste material, sewage, effluence, waste matter, sewerage, outgoing, waste product



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