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   Ef·flu·ent

   /ˈeˌflo͞oənt/

   

   noun

   • 1. liquid waste or sewage discharged into a river or the sea: "the bay was contaminated with the effluent from an industrial plant"

   Word 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.

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