confluent

== English == === Etymology === From Latin cōnfluēns, present participle of cōnfluō. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑn.flu.ənt/ === Adjective === confluent (comparative more confluent, superlative most confluent) Converging, merging or flowing together into one. (meteorology, of wind) Converging, especially as viewed on a weather chart. (biology) Describing cells in a culture that merge to form a mass. (geometry, of a triangle) Exactly the same size as another triangle. (mathematics) Given a binary operation → β {\displaystyle \rightarrow _{\beta }} on a set A, and its reflexive, transitive closure ↠ β {\displaystyle \twoheadrightarrow _{\beta }} , then, for all a1, a2, and a3 in A, if a1 → β {\displaystyle \rightarrow _{\beta }} a2 and a1 → β {\displaystyle \rightarrow _{\beta }} a3, then there must exist an a4 in A such that a2 ↠ β {\displaystyle \twoheadrightarrow _{\beta }} a4 and a3 ↠ β {\displaystyle \twoheadrightarrow _{\beta }} a4. ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === confluent (plural confluents) A stream uniting and flowing with another; a confluent stream. == French == === Etymology 1 === Latin cōnfluentem. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /kɔ̃.fly.ɑ̃/ ==== Adjective ==== confluent (feminine confluente, masculine plural confluents, feminine plural confluentes) confluent ==== Noun ==== confluent m (plural confluents) confluence (point where two rivers or streams meet) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /kɔ̃.fly/ ==== Verb ==== confluent third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of confluer === Further reading === “confluent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Verb === cōnfluent third-person plural future active indicative of cōnfluō == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French confluent, from Latin confluens. === Adjective === confluent m or n (feminine singular confluentă, masculine plural confluenți, feminine/neuter plural confluente) confluent ==== Declension ====