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Effluent vs. Influent

Effluent and Influent Definitions

Effluent

Flowing out or forth.

Influent

Flowing in or into.

Effluent

A stream flowing out of a body of water.

Influent

An inflow, especially a tributary.

Effluent

An outflow from a sewer or sewage system.

Influent

A stream which flows into another stream or a lake.
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Effluent

A discharge of liquid waste, as from a factory or nuclear plant.

Influent

Fluids flowing in.

Effluent

Flowing out; outflowing.

Influent

(ecology) An organism having an important effect on a plant or animal community.

Effluent

(countable) A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence.

Influent

Flowing in.
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Effluent

Sewage water that has been (partially) treated, and is released into a natural body of water; a flow of any liquid waste.

Influent

Exercising astral influence.

Effluent

Flowing out; as, effluent beams.

Influent

(ecology) Having an important effect on a plant or animal community.

Effluent

A stream that flows out of another stream or lake.

Influent

Flowing in.
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Effluent

Water mixed with waste matter

Influent

Exerting influence; influential.
I find no office by name assigned unto Dr. Cox, who was virtually influent upon all, and most active.

Effluent

That is flowing outward

Influent

That is flowing inward

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