confluent

C2 Topic:House & Home
US /ˈkɑn.flu.ənt/
adj noun Freq #187877

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Converging, merging or flowing together into one.

    Yonder the river roll’d, whose bed, Their labyrinthine lingerings o’er, Received the confluent rills.

  2. 2
    adj

    flowing together

  3. 3
    noun

    a branch that flows into the main stream

  4. 4
    adj

    Converging, especially as viewed on a weather chart.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adj · flowing together merging
3 noun · a branch that flows into... feeder
Word family
Derived forms biconfluentconfluentlyhyperconfluentnonconfluentoverconfluentpostconfluentpreconfluentsemiconfluentsubconfluentsuperconfluent

Etymology

From Latin cōnfluēns, present participle of cōnfluō.

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