Influent

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  • adjective. Flowing in or into.
  • noun. An inflow, especially a tributary.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Flowing in.
  • adjective. Exerting influence; influential.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A stream which flows into another stream or lake.
  • noun. An organism having an important effect on a plant or animal community.
  • adjective. Flowing in.
  • adjective. Exercising astral influence.
  • adjective. That is an influent.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. flowing inward
  • Word Usage
    "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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    incoming  
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