CONFLUENT

confluent, merging

(adjective) flowing together

feeder, tributary, confluent, affluent

(noun) a branch that flows into the main stream

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

confluent (comparative more confluent, superlative most confluent)

(of two or more objects or shapes) converging or merging into a continuous shape.

(meteorology, of wind) which converges, especially when viewed on a weather chart

(biology) Describing cells in a culture that merge to form a mass

(geometry, of a triangle) which is exactly the same size as another triangle.

Noun

confluent (plural confluents)

A stream uniting and flowing with another.

Source: Wiktionary

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Con"flu*ent, a. [L. confluens, -entis, p. pr. of confluere, -fluxum; con- + fluere to flow. See Fluent.]

1. Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another.

These confluent steams make some great river's head. Blackmore.

2. (Bot.) Blended into one; growing together, so as to obliterate all distinction.

3. (Med.) (a) Running together or uniting, as pimples or pustules. (b) Characterized by having the pustules, etc., run together or unite, so as to cover the surface; as, confluent smallpox. Dunglison.

Con"flu*ent, n.

1. A small steam which flows into a large one.

2. The place of meeting of steams, currents, etc. [Obs.] Holland.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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