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
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.
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Source: Wiktionary
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
28 April 2025
(adjective) enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure; “a happy smile”; “spent many happy days on the beach”; “a happy marriage”
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