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I'm looking for a word or phrase to group some things together...

I want a word for by products or side effects of a bit of machinery that are released as part of normal operation:

So a list may include waste heat, vibration, noise, fumes etc.

I'm sure that I've seen a blanket term for this sort of thing in the past but I can't think what it is and Google hasn't helped!

Thanks

In reply to Reach>Talent: At 8.10 I can only give you effluent.

In reply to Reach>Talent: Residual waste ??

In reply to Reach>Talent: environmental hazards?

In reply to jonoh:
It is in the context of a pre-purchase check-list for buying laboratory equipment; heading are currently:

Dimensions (will it fit through the door)
Services required (Do I need to hire a plumber)
Environmental Conditions (Does it need to be in a frictionless vacuum)
IT (Can I watch youtube on it)
and Other (Vibration, EMI, noise, radiation, fumes and other stuff)

In reply to Reach>Talent: In that context would environmental pollution / pollutants be a viable phrase ?

In reply to Reach>Talent:

By-Product; side-effect?

In reply to Reach>Talent: From this publication , page 5 suggests safety hazards

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg270.pdf

Hope it helps

In reply to Reach>Talent: impact on immediate environment?

Granted, it's not one word

In reply to Reach>Talent:

emissions

CB

In reply to Reach>Talent:

If you're looking in a global context, the term "Environmental Insults" might be applicable if you're looking at the environmental effect of waste byproducts and emissions.

Don't think that's the right on an individual machine level though, more applicable to a whole plant or industry.

In reply to Reach>Talent:
The best that I can come up with is 'Incidental outputs'

In reply to cb294:

Agreed

In reply to Blue Straggler:

I find it hard to consider vibration to be an emission.

Perhaps 'Incidental emissions and characteristics'

In reply to nniff:
That is pretty good as a description but I am pretty sure here is a single word that does it. Unfortunately unless anyone has eaten a thesaurus recently then I may well be stumped as it definitely isn't a common word!

In reply to Reach>Talent:

"Other"

'transient effects'?

In reply to Reach>Talent: Pollution

I have a form hat has a box for "Consistent with environmental policy" which is ticked once any problems are run past the HS&E guy.

In reply to Reach>Talent: efflux?

Effusions?

Outflow?

discharge?

Effluvium?

In reply to Reach>Talent:
Miscellaneous (heat, vibration, noise, fumes or other) effects

Keep it vague to cover stuff you haven't thought of

swarf - bit specific

In reply to Reach>Talent: shite or crap

In reply to krikoman:

If only technical manuals were written that honestly. :0)

In reply to Reach>Talent:

detritus

In reply to Reach>Talent: leavings

In reply to Reach>Talent: known unknowns?

In reply to Reach>Talent:

Sequelae?

In reply to Dave Garnett:

Luddite... machines are a disease eh?

In reply to Offwidth:

I think the original meaning is broader than the more usual pathological use, and it would raise the tone anyway!

In reply to Dave Garnett:

I can picture the conversation in the design department of the machine manufacturer:

'Ey up youth. Will our machine work with this new Sequelae software they want? Never heard of it, me'.

In reply to teflonpete:
If only technical manuals were written that honestly. :0)

I was told that "F#ckwittery" wasn't a suitable term for SOPs so I doubt "shite" would be acceptable.

In reply to Dave Garnett:
Well it isn't the word I was looking for, but it is a good one. You've made it into the first draft!

In reply to Reach>Talent:

The aircraft safety people here say 'Environmental Outputs'

In reply to teflonpete:

I am writing one and there is a load of fiddly text and diagrams that has taken AGES to put together and that could - genuinely - simply be replaced with "fanny around with different combinations of these numbers until you get something that makes sense"