Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Effluent

Effluent , adjective

[Latin effluens, -entis, present participle of effluere to flow out; ex + fluere to flow: compare French effluent. See Fluent.]

Flowing out; as, effluent beams. — Parnell

Effluent , noun

(Geography) A stream that flows out of another stream or lake.