CONFLUENCE

concourse, confluence

(noun) a coming together of people

confluence, conflux, merging

(noun) a flowing together

confluence, meeting

(noun) a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers); “Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

confluence (plural confluences)

The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.

The act of combining which occurs at the place where rivers and the lake meet.

A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.

(biology) The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other

(computer science) In rewriting systems, property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms.

Synonyms

• conflux

Source: Wiktionary

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Con"flu*ence, n. [L. confluentia.]

1. The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting.

New York stood at the confluence of two rivers. Bancroft.

2. Any running together of separate streams or currents; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a concourse; an assemblage.

You see this confluence, this great flood of vistors. Shak.

The confluence . . . of all true joys. Boyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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