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Definitions: Effluent |
EffluentAdjective1. That is flowing outward. Noun1. Water mixed with waste matter. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Agriculture | Waste, usually liquid, released or discharged to the environment. Generally the term refers to point source discharges of sewage or contaminated waste waters into surface waters. (references) |
Building | Treated sewage from a septic tank or sewage treatment plant. (references) |
Environment | Wastewater--treated or untreated--that flows out of a treatment plant, sewer, or industrial outfall. Generally refers to wastes discharged into surface waters. (references) |
| CF NG. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Some sewage, water or other liquid, partially or completely treated, or in its natural state, flowing out of a reservoir, basin or treatment plant. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Food & Agriculture | The spent solids of the original manure reduced to about 40 % of the volume it occupied in the raw state. Liquid or dry sludge makes an excellent fertilizer for crops and pond cultures. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geography | 1. an out-flowing branch of a main stream or lake 2. a liquid which flows out of a containing space 3. a stream fed by ground water. Source: European Union. (references) |
Hydrologic | Water that flows from a sewage treatment plant after it has been treated. (references) |
Meteorology & Standards | A general term denoting any fluid emitted by a source. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A liquid, solid, or gaseous product, frequently waste, discharged oremerging from a process. (references) |
Public Administration | The flux of treated or untreated water coming out of domestic, urban, agricultural or industrial use. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: EffluentSynonyms: outflowing (adj), sewer water (n), wastewater (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | Exposure to every known toxin and effluent in this city. (Extreme Ghostbusters; writing credit: Brooks Wachtel) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Dairy waste management--using the 'big-gun' effluent distribution system to distribute waste on pastures. Eastern Louisiana.Credit: Bob Nichols. |
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Business | In addition, UV and ozone disinfection equipment are commonly used in the wastewater effluent systems. (references) | |
To meet tighter effluent standards, companies must invest in advanced or tertiary treatment systems on top of existing biological treatment systems. (references) | ||
Traditional spending patterns coupled with the new effluent standards give wastewater recycling and treatment equipment the best short-term prospects. (references) | ||
Economic History | Malaysia | The small factories are seeking cost-effective and low-maintenance systems that comply with effluent standards. (references) |
Hong Kong | In 1996, the government implemented the water quality control zone effluent discharge regulations for Hong Kong waters. (references) | |
Bahrain | The government of Bahrain's program to upgrade its desalination and effluent treatment infrastructure will provide opportunities for U.S. companies. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Effluent" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 89.30% of the time. "Effluent" is used about 299 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 89.3% | 267 | 18,030 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 10.7% | 32 | 61,292 |
| Total | 100.00% | 299 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "effluent": detection of effluent aromatic dead stuff ♦ effluent stream ♦ manure effluent. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "effluent": effluent-treatment. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
effluent treatment | 21 |
effluent | 18 |
effluent pump | 10 |
effluent monitoring | 7 |
effluent filter | 6 |
effluent testing | 6 |
effluent waste | 4 |
effluent treatment plant | 3 |
effluent water | 3 |
effluent engineer sewage treatment water | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "effluent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | afvalwater. (various references) | |
Albanian | rrymë (current, drift, jet, Niagara, nullah, onflow, outpour, rain, spurt, squirt, stream, thrashing-floor, threshing floor, tide, wave), rrjedhës (flowing, fluid, operating, running, unfunded), lumë (avalanche, barrator, flow, river, stream), derdhës (effuse). (various references) | |
Arabic | فياض (outflowing, profluent), فرع نهر, متدفق (current, flowing out, outflowing, running, streaming, torrential), مصب (mouth, outlet), دفق (afflux, effluence, flow, flux, inflow, inflowing, influx, outflow, outpouring, pour, pump, race, river, slop, stream, well). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | отточна вода (waste water), поток който се излива от езеро, изтичащ. (various references) | |
Czech | vytékající, výtok (discharge, effluence, efflux, egress, outfall, outflow). (various references) | |
Danish | effluent vandloeb (warnambool), udledning (discharge), udløb (delivery end, discharge end, end, head, outlet, settlement, unloading end), forgreningssted paa vandloeb (warnambool), forgæret slam (sludge, spent slurry), afloeb (defervescence, warnambool), affald (arisings, detritus, discard, filter cake, garbage, going about, offcut, refuse, residue, salvage, scrap, trash, waste). (various references) | |
Dutch | afvalwater. (various references) | |
Esperanto | uzita akvo. (various references) | |
Finnish | jätevesi (industrial wastage, industrial waste water, industrial wastewaters, sewage, trade waters, waste water). (various references) | |
French | effluent. (various references) | |
German | ausfließend (emanative, flowing out), ausfluss (discharge, drain, effluence, flux, leaking, outflow, outlet, result, warnambool), abwasser (drainage, effluence, rain water, run-off, sewage, slop, storm water, surface water, waste water). (various references) | |
Greek | βραχίων ποταμού (warnambool), εκρέων, λύματα (greasy wastes, sewage, swill), απόβλητα (excrements, excreta, garbage, refuse, sewage, waste), απαγωγός τάφρος (warnambool). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שופך (liquid garbage, sewage), שפך. (various references) | |
Hungarian | kifolyó (outlet, vent), kiömlő. (various references) | |
Indonesian | anak sungai (affluent, brook). (various references) | |
Italian | effluente (sherry, warnambool). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | '出基準 (effluent standard). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | はいしゅつきじゅ" (effluent standard). (various references) | |
Korean | 출물. (various references) | |
Manx | stroo magh (stream forth, stream out), smoghan (effluvium, exhalation, fume, smell of fish, stink, strong smell). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | effluentay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | efluente (efflux, sludge, spent slurry, warnambool), efluência, lago (basin, bottom, lake, Loch, Lough, mere, pond, pondage, reservoir). (various references) | |
Romanian | scurgere (course, discharge, drain, drainage, effluence, efflux, escape, flow, issue, lapse, leakage, leaking, loss, March, overflow, passage, passing, running, trickling), curgere (flow, flowing, flux, fluxion, glide, running), care se scurge, braţ secundar. (various references) | |
Russian | сток (channel, discharge, drainage, gully, kennel, runnel, sink), вытекающий (ensuing), поток лавы. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | reka koja ističe iz jezera, otpadna voda, koji ističe. (various references) | |
Spanish | efluente. (various references) | |
Swedish | utflöde (draw off, effluence, efflux, emanation, flow, issue, outflow, outgoing, warnambool). (various references) | |
Turkish | nehirden ayrılıp akan dere, dışarı akan madde, dışarı akan, artık (anymore, at that, discard, dreg, dregs, dross, fag end, hog-wash, leftover, no longer, no more, refuse, remainder, remnant, residual, residue, rest, scraps, shoddy, spoils, tag end, waste), akıtılan, akıntı (afflux, chute, circulation, current, drift, effluence, flow, flux, issue, race, stream). (various references) | |
Ukranian | стічний, стік (channel, dike, drainage, dyke, outlet), струмок (arroyo, bourn, dribble, nullah, nymph, rivulet, streamlet, wash, watercourse, wellspring). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sông nhánh (affluent), phát ra (emissive), nhánh, dòng nhánh. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "effluent": effluents. (additional references) | |
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"Effluent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: effluant, effluenct, efflugent, effulent, efluint. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "effluent" (pronounced e"fluwunt) |
| 6 | -f l uw u n t | affluent. |
| 4 | -uw u n t | constituent. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-f-f-l-n-t-u" | |
-1 letter: teenful. | |
-2 letters: eluent, fluent, unfelt. | |
-3 letters: elute, fleet, flute, lunet, unlet. | |
-4 letters: feel, feet, felt, fete, flee, flue, fuel, leet, left, lent, luff, lune, lunt, lute, teel, teen, teff, tele, tuff, tule, tune. | |
-5 letters: eel, eff, eft, elf, fee, fen, fet, feu, flu, fun, lee, let, leu, nee, net, nut, tee, tel, ten, tun. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-f-f-l-n-t-u" | |
+1 letter: effluents, effulgent. | |
+3 letters: fatefulness, fretfulness, ineffectual. | |
+4 letters: fitfulnesses, unaffectedly. | |
+5 letters: effectualness, effortfulness, fatefulnesses, forgetfulness, fretfulnesses, ineffectually. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 66 66 6C 75 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). ..-. ..-. .-.. ..- . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01100110 01100110 01101100 01110101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E f f l u e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0066 0066 006C 0075 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3972727887718086 |
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