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单词 conflux
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confluxn.

Brit. /ˈkɒnflʌks/, U.S. /ˈkɑnˌfləks/
Etymology: < Latin type *confluxus (u- stem), < conflux, participial stem of confluĕre to flow together; probably used in medieval or modern Latin: compare late Latin influxus. (No French correspondent.)
1.
a. Flowing together; flowing into a common body; = confluence n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > [noun] > collision or flowing together
conflux1609
corrivation1621
colluvies1666
the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [noun] > together
confluxion1583
conflux1609
confluvium1670
penetration1800
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 6 As knots by the conflux of meeting sap, Infects the sound Pine. View more context for this quotation
1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxix. 152 Thus from the full conflux of these three severall Springs My greatnesse is begot.
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 178 There is not onely a consent between the Veins of the Womb and Breast, but a conflux also.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. 6 The river Lycus, formed by the conflux of two little streams.
b. quasi-concrete.
ΚΠ
1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid i. vi. 24 A conflux of ill humours comes to it.
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Reflect. Agric. x. 56 in Compl. Gard'ner Both being so stopt, there is a great Conflux of Water made in a certain Tract of Land.
2.
a. Meeting-place of streams; = confluence n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > place where rivers meet
confluencea1552
confluent1600
confluity1623
conflux1712
watersmeet1828
sangam1857
1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 71 A Spanish town built at the Conflux of the Rivers.
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 279 At the conflux of the Anio with the Tiber, we reach the extreme point of the Sabine territory.
figurative.1833 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. x, in Fraser's Mag. Dec. 679/2 Stands he not..in the centre of Immensities, in the conflux of Eternities?
b. Meeting place of lines or tracts.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > inclination > state or quality of being convergent > [noun] > point of convergence
confluity1623
cone1705
meeting-point1818
conflux1826
confluence1828
nodal point1862
meeting-place1897
node1902
node point1957
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxiv. 499 Others..have this diverging space above their conflux.
1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 640/1 The posterior conflux, is situated below and behind the cerebellum.
3. = confluence n. 4.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > [noun] > passage in a continuous stream > to one place
confluence?a1475
affluence1579
afflux1603
conflux1614
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > towards each other or convergence > of numbers of people
concoursec1384
repairc1390
confluence?a1475
resort1485
recourse1516
concursion1533
affluence1579
afflux1603
conflux1614
concurrence1632
flocking1669
run1792
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 105 Vpon the new doctrine great conflux was to the new Doctor.
1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 402 Consider the great conflux of Strangers to that City.
1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xxiv. 361 The great conflux of sick persons to the hospitals.
4. = confluence n. 5.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals > regarded as a whole or a body of people gathered > large or numerous
weredc725
herec855
heap971
trumec1380
multitudea1382
herda1400
swarm1423
confluence1447
puissance?a1475
army?1518
multitudine1547
bike1554
conflux1702
snarl1775
rallya1794
populace1823
hive1834
skreeda1838
skit1913
rort1941
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iii. 160 Attended by a marvellous conflux of Company.
1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 4 Mar. II. 351 He was convey'd..to Westminster Hall by a..prodigious Conflux of ye Mob.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues IV. 229 The conflux of several populations might be more disposed to listen to new laws.
5. = confluence n. 6.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > towards each other or convergence
concourse1398
recountera1470
congress1578
concurrency1597
flocking1604
confluence1606
contraction1610
congression1611
closing1625
conflux1655
coition1656
concurrencea1661
convolation1676
concursion1692
convergence1713
convergency1794
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > from various quarters
confluence1654
conflux1655
1655 J. Bramhall Def. True Liberty 134 A conflux of second causes.
1690 J. Child Disc. Trade ii. 64 The conflux of riches to that City or Nation.
1779 S. Johnson Let. 16 Nov. (1992) III. 216 Such a conflux of misery.
1877 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (ed. 3) v. 107 In war there is just that conflux of splendid action upon the very edge of life, which rouses curiosity and emotion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

confluxv.

Etymology: < Latin conflux-, participial stem of confluĕre to flow together.
Obsolete. rare.
To flow or run together, combine.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > become mixed or blended [verb (intransitive)]
mingOE
meddlec1350
mella1387
blenda1400
commix?1520
admixa1522
mixa1522
mingle1530
wallc1598
co-minglea1616
comminglea1626
congregate1626
intermingle1626
intermella1641
conflux1662
intermix1722
partake1731
to work up1841
interfuse1851
interblend1854
immingle1858
inmix1892
meld1959
1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 238 That Diseasie Bodies do materially conflux unto the Generation of hereditary defects.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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