Flowing out; outflowing.
But while the effluent beams of the sun, and their quickening power in the natural sphere, furnish a good illustration of my idea of the Holy Spirit, I may, perhaps, illustrate the idea still better by a reference to human thoughts and affections […]
A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence.
The landscape was dotted with reservoirs and many many effluent streams.
Sewage or waste water discharged into a natural body of water.
From French effluent, from Latin effluens, effluentis. By surface analysis, e- + fluent.
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Residents have little control over the industrial effluent that pollutes their rivers.