/ef"looh euhnt/ , adj.
1. flowing out or forth.
n.
2. something that flows out or forth; outflow; effluence.
3. a stream flowing out of a lake, reservoir, etc.
4. sewage that has been treated in a septic tank or sewage treatment plant.
5. sewage or other liquid waste that is discharged into a body of water, etc.
[ 1720-30; effluent- (s. of effluens flowing out, prp. of effluere ), equiv. to ef- EF- + flu- flow + -ent- -ENT ]