effluence

noun

ef·​flu·​ence ˈe-ˌflü-ən(t)s 

e-ˈflü-,

ə-

1

: something that flows out

2

: an action or process of flowing out

Examples of effluence in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The environment struggles with effluence from ground sources and pollution in general that pours into the Bay. —Louise Schiavone, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024

All human activity now passes through a computational pipeline—even the sanitation worker transforms effluence into data. —TIME, 8 Feb. 2024

In these homes, effluence from toilets and showers flows through drains into a pit in a yard instead of into a sewer line and to a central wastewater treatment plant. —Audrey McAvoy, ajc, 6 Apr. 2023

To question the sincerity of the president’s rhetoric—and that of his party—is not to dismiss the challenge posed by the various noisome currents of antidemocratic sentiment and behavior running through our politics like the effluence of overflowing sewers. —Gerard Baker, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2022

Water runoff and control, water quality and effluence, education, water reuse and water conservation, also continue to be priorities in the village’s water management plan. —Brian L. Cox, chicagotribune.com, 23 Feb. 2021

So many words, words upon words, the effluence of the dialogue being the show’s draw, as well as one of its drawbacks. —Hank Stuever, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2020

Among the problems caused by the island's long-running tourism boom is unregulated development and pipes carrying raw effluence directly into the sea. —Euan McKirdy, CNN, 4 Apr. 2018

Angel and his team hit the main control rooms: flat-screen computers monitoring effluence, water quality, chemical inputs, pump efficiency— —Paolo Bacigalupi, Wired News, 27 May 2015

Word History

First Known Use

1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1