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effluent | x |

As an adjective effluent

is flowing out; outflowing.

As a noun effluent

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

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

effluent

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Flowing out; outflowing.
  • * Parnell
    • Effluent beams.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence.
  • Sewage water that has been (partially) treated, and is released into a natural body of water; a flow of any liquid waste.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-14, volume=411, issue=8891, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= It's a gas , passage=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.}}

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----