单词 | confluence |
释义 | confluence /kon"flooh euhns/, n. 1. a flowing together of two or more streams, rivers, or the like: the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. 2. their place of junction: St. Louis is at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. 3. a body of water formed by the flowing together of two or more streams, rivers, or the like. 4. a coming together of people or things; concourse. 5. a crowd or throng; assemblage. Also, conflux /kon"fluks/. [1375-1425; late ME ( < MF) < LL confluentia; see CONFLUENT, -ENCE] Syn. 4. union, joining, meeting. |
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