Effluent vs. Influent

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  • Effluent

    Effluent is an outflowing of water or gas to natural body of water, or from a manmade structure. Effluent, in engineering, is the stream exiting a chemical reactor.

Wikipedia
  • Effluent (adjective)

    Flowing out; outflowing.

  • Effluent (noun)

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

  • Effluent (noun)

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

  • Influent (noun)

    A stream which flows into another stream or lake.

  • Influent (noun)

    Fluids flowing in.

  • Influent (noun)

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

  • Influent (adjective)

    Flowing in.

  • Influent (adjective)

    Exercising astral influence.

  • Influent (adjective)

    Having an important effect on a plant or animal community.

Wiktionary
  • Effluent (noun)

    liquid waste or sewage discharged into a river or the sea

    “industrial effluent”

    “contamination with trade effluents”

  • Influent (adjective)

    flowing in

    “some particles delivered in the influent streams settle in the reservoirs”

  • Influent (noun)

    a stream, especially a tributary, which flows into another stream or lake.

Oxford Dictionary

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