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vernal | effluent |

As a proper noun vernal

is a city in utah.

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.

vernal

English

Alternative forms

* vernall “ vernal, a.'' (and ''n.'') ” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to spring.
  • Young; fresh. (rfex)
  • Belonging to youth.
  • * Thomson
    • when after the long vernal day of life
  • * Keble
    • And seems it hard thy vernal' years / Few ' vernal joys can show?

    Usage notes

    In everyday speech, used almost exclusively in phrase vernal equinox; in other contexts, spring is used attributively, as in spring colors'' or ''spring flowers, and even is frequently replaced with spring equinox.

    Antonyms

    * autumnal

    Coordinate terms

    * (pertaining to seasons) summer (summery), aestival/estival; winter (wintry), hibernal, brumal

    Derived terms

    * prevernal * vernal-bearded * vernal conjunctivitis * vernal crocus * vernal cyclamen * vernal equinox, vernal equinoctial * vernal gentian * vernal grass * vernality * vernalization * vernalize * vernal keratoconjunctivitis * vernally * vernal orobus * vernal pool * vernal sandwort * vernal season * vernal sedge * vernal-seeming * vernal speedwell * vernal squill * vernal stargrass * vernal starwort * vernal-tinctured

    Related terms

    * primavera * ver * vere * vere-time

    References

    Anagrams

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    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.}}