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confluent

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

con=flu=ent

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun confluent has 1 sense

confluent(n = noun.object) affluent, feeder, tributary - a branch that flows into the main stream; Array

is a kind of branch

Adjective confluent has 1 sense

confluent(s = adj.all) merging - flowing together; Array

Derived forms noun confluence₂, noun confluence₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

confluent, a. [L. confluens, -entis, p. pr. of confluere, -fluxum; con- + fluere to flow. See Fluent.].

Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another; flowing together to form a single stream. [1913 Webster]
"These confluent steams make some great river's head." [1913 Webster]
Blended into one; growing together, so as to obliterate all distinction. [1913 Webster]
Running together or uniting, as pimples or pustules. Dunglison. [1913 Webster]

confluent, n.

A small steam which flows into a large one. [1913 Webster]
The place of meeting of steams, currents, etc. Holland. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

confluent, adj. & n.
--adj. flowing together, uniting.
--n. a stream joining another.

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ROGET THESAURUS

confluent

Convergence

N convergence, confluence, concourse, conflux, congress, concurrence, concentration, convergency, appulse, meeting, corradiation, assemblage, resort, asymptote, converging, convergent, confluent, concurrent, centripetal, asymptotical, asymptotic, confluxible.

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