Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Flowing in or into.
- noun An inflow, especially a tributary.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Flowing in.
- Exerting influence; influential.
- Noting that through which air or other fluid enters, either to cleanse or aerate: used of a pipe or duct, or channel.
- noun A tributary stream, looked at from the point of view of the receiving stream.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Flowing in.
- adjective obsolete Exerting influence; influential.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
stream which flows into another stream orlake . - noun ecology An
organism having an important effect on a plant or animalcommunity . - adjective Flowing in.
- adjective Exercising
astral influence . - adjective ecology That is an influent.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective flowing inward
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This means that the river feeds the groundwater table, rather than having its flow sustained by a high groundwater table, as is the case with "influent" rivers.
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Thank you George Lucas for making the film trilogy more influent , ,ore parodied and more known of the ewntire world.
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The Everglades have a wide variety of influent species from adjacent areas of palmetto prairie, cypress swamp, magnolia forest, and mangrove.
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The hypothesis of carbon forcing being the dominant climate influent has been falsified.
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When you get the oportunity to interview one of the most influent people in the entertainment industry, you have to broaden your view and discuss the medium, not ponctual plot lines that are strategical for the show to remain a mistery.
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Regular testing of influent to determine when the grit content is low enough to handle in the plant.
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Regular testing of influent to determine when the grit content is low enough to handle in the plant.
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qroqqa commented on the word influent
So as a fire the mighty morning smote
Throughout her, and incensed with the influent hour
Her whole soul’s one great mystical red flower
Burst,
—Swinburne, Tristram of Lyonesse
July 16, 2008