Sekirov Dictionary

confluence

UK /ˈkɒn.flu.əns/US /ˈkɑnˌflu.əns/

noun 6
verb 1
forms 3

noun6

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The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.
- The confluence of the rivers produced a great rush of water.
•
The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.
- We encountered an abandoned boat at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.
•
A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.
- The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project.
- The political turmoil was the result of a confluence of factors, and the corollary of years of misrule, as evidenced by a low home ownership rate incommensurate with the economic growth.
The stream or body formed by the junction of two or more streams; a combined flood.
The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other.
A property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms.

verb1

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To join together into one stream.
- CHN 082 flows for approximately 304.8 meters (1,000 feet) before confluencing with the North Bald Eagle Creek. — 1996

forms

confluenced · confluencing · confluences

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