effluent

/'efluənt/

Thân thiện

The factory's effluent flows into the treatment pond.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • Water mixed with waste matter: Liquid waste or sewage that is discharged into a river, sea, or other body of water, often from industrial or residential sources.

2. Adjective:

   • That is flowing outward: Describing something, typically a liquid, that is flowing out or emanating from a source.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The factory was fined for dumping toxic effluent into the river.
  • The treatment plant cleans the effluent before releasing it into the ocean.

• Adjective (less common):

  • The effluent gases from the volcano created a hazardous plume.
  • Scientists studied the effluent stream from the underground spring.

Advanced Usage

• "Industrial effluent": A common collocation specifically referring to liquid waste from factories or industrial processes.

  • Strict regulations govern the disposal of industrial effluent.

• "Effluent discharge": The act or point of releasing waste liquid.

  • The effluent discharge point is located two kilometers offshore.

Variants and Related Words

• Effluence (n): The act or process of flowing out. (e.g., )
• Effluvium (n): An unpleasant or harmful odor, secretion, or discharge. (This is a related but distinct word, often for gases or smells.)

Synonyms

• Noun: Wastewater, sewage, discharge, outflow.
• Adjective: Outflowing, emanating, issuing.

Related Phrases

• "Treated effluent": Wastewater that has been processed to remove harmful contaminants.

  • The treated effluent is safe for agricultural use.

• "Effluent standards": Legal limits on the pollutants allowed in discharged wastewater.

  • The new factory must comply with stringent effluent standards.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. that is flowing outward

Noun

1. water mixed with waste matter

Từ đồng nghĩa

• outflowing
• wastewater
• sewer water