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con·flu·ence
\ˈkänˌflüən(t)s\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Late Latin confluentia act of flowing together, from Latin confluent-, confluens, present participle of confluere + -ia -y
1.
a. : a coming or flocking together, meeting, or gathering at one place : concourse
< you see this confluence, this great flood of visitors — Shakespeare >
b. : large assemblage : crowd
2.
a. : the flowing together of two or more streams
< an island formed by the confluence of two rivers >
b. : the place of meeting of two streams
< Koblenz stands at the confluence of the Rhine and the Moselle >
c. : the stream or body formed by the junction of two or more streams : a combined flood
3. : concrescence 2 |