| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ef·flu·ent |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   f l - nt |
| ADJECTIVE: | Flowing out or forth. | | NOUN: | Something that flows out or forth, especially: a. A stream flowing out of a body of water. b. An outflow from a sewer or sewage system. c. A discharge of liquid waste, as from a factory or nuclear plant. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Latin efflu ns, effluent-, present participle of effluere, to flow out : ex-, ex- + fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Appendix I.
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