Confluence

Quick meaning: Confluence is a noun meaning The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.

Meaning

The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.

More Meanings

1. A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.
2. (biology) The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other.
3. (computer science, in rewriting systems) A property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms.
4. (intransitive, transitive) To join together into one stream.

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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.

Word Forms

• confluences
• confluency
• confluencing
• confluenced

Synonyms for confluence

Depending on context, synonyms include conflux, coinfluence, concourse, meeting, merging, junction.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include conflux, concourse, merging, junction, meeting, downstream.

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