confluence

== English == === Alternative forms === (biology): confluency === Etymology === From late Middle English confluence, from Late Latin cōnfluentia (“a flowing together, conflux”), from cōnfluēns (present participle of cōnfluō (“to flow or run together”)) +‎ -ia (nominal suffix). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒn.flu.əns/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑnˌflu.əns/, /kənˈflu.əns/ Rhymes: -ɒnfluəns, -uːəns === Noun === confluence (plural confluences) 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. Synonym: watersmeet Antonyms: fork, branch The stream or body formed by the junction of two or more streams; a combined flood. A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things. Synonym: coinfluence Hyponym: confluence of sinuses (biology) The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other. (computer science, in rewriting systems) A property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms. ==== Synonyms ==== conflux ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === confluence (third-person singular simple present confluences, present participle confluencing, simple past and past participle confluenced) (intransitive, transitive) To join together into one stream. === References === “confluence”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “confluence”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.fly.ɑ̃s/ === Noun === confluence f (plural confluences) confluence === Further reading === “confluence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012