confluence — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.

   Examples

   The confluence of the rivers produced a great rush of water.

2. The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet. The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.

   Synonyms

   watersmeet

   Antonyms

   forkbranch

   Examples

   We encountered an abandoned boat at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.

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   There has been much controversy especially as to the ownership of the large triangular delta at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri Rivers, known as the Khabarovsk Delta, or Heihsiatzu [translating 黑瞎子 (Hēixiāzi)] Island in Chinese.

3. The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet. The stream or body formed by the junction of two or more streams; a combined flood.

4. A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.

   Synonyms

   coinfluence

   Examples

   The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project.

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   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 South was the nadir of the American medical experience, visited by a deadly triple confluence—the pathogens of North America, Europe, and Africa.

5. The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other.

6. A property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms.

   Usage

   • in rewriting systems

Verb

1. To join together into one stream.

   Usage

   • Intransitive
   • Transitive

   Examples

   CHN 082 flows for approximately 304.8 meters (1,000 feet) before confluencing with the North Bald Eagle Creek.

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   I added a third manhole to my model so you can see how a junction might look. It just provides a nice way to confluence two streams into one pipe, which is an important job in a sewer system since a sewershed all has to flow to one place.

Noun

1. a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)

   Synonyms

   meeting

   Broader terms

   geographic pointgeographical point

   Examples

   Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers

2. a flowing together

   Synonyms

   confluxmerging

   Broader terms

   blendblending

3. a coming together of people

   Synonyms

   concourse

   Broader terms

   mergingmeetingcoming together