influent
Americanadjective
noun
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a tributary.
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Ecology. a plant or animal that has an important effect on the biotic balance in a community.
adjective
noun
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something flowing in, esp a tributary
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ecology an organism that has a major effect on the nature of its community
Etymology
Origin of influent
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin influent- (stem of influēns ) inflowing. See in- 2, fluent
Example Sentences
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The new study is unusual in that it calculated the mass of microplastics in landfill leachate and wastewater influent and effluent.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2024
The facility also has most of its influent pumps running again, after Tropical Storm Hilary broke five of six.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2024
“We looked at the entire treatment process, which included the influent and effluent,” he said.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 6, 2021
We had thus examined each of its three mouths, and settled all doubts as to the Rusizi being an effluent or influent.
From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
The meeting point of these two natures is the mind, the causal nature being influent and the apparent nature being effluent.
From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Alfred North Whitehead
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