effluent — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

1. Flowing out; outflowing.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   But while the effluent beams of the sun, and their quickening power in the natural sphere, furnish a good illustration of my idea of the Holy Spirit, I may, perhaps, illustrate the idea still better by a reference to human thoughts and affections […]

Sostantivo

1. A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence.

   Uso

   • numerabile

   Esempi

   The landscape was dotted with reservoirs and many many effluent streams.

2. Sewage or waste water discharged into a natural body of water.

   Uso

   • non numerabile

   Sinonimi

   discharge

   Esempi

   Residents have little control over the industrial effluent that pollutes their rivers.

   Altri esempi (2)

   Still remarkably clean, Baikal nevertheless feels the effects of air and water pollution from various sources, including industries around Irkutsk and from the Selenga river, which provides half the water flowing into Baikal. Most controversy centers on the effluent from a cellulose plant at Baikalsk.

   One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.

Aggettivo

1. that is flowing outward

   Sinonimi

   outflowing

Sostantivo

1. water mixed with waste matter

   Sinonimi

   wastewatersewer water

   Termini più generali

   wastewaste materialwaste matterwaste product