confluent, merging
(adjective) flowing together
merging, meeting, coming together
(noun) the act of joining together as one; “the merging of the two groups occurred quickly”; “there was no meeting of minds”
confluence, conflux, merging
(noun) a flowing together
Source: WordNet® 3.1
merging
present participle of merge
merging (plural mergings)
The act, or the result, of being merged.
• germing
Source: Wiktionary
Merge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Merged; p. pr. & vb. n. Merging.] Etym: [L. mergere, mersum. Cf. Emerge, Immerse, Marrow.]
Definition: To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb. To merge all natural ... sentiment in inordinate vanity. Burke. Whig and Tory were merged and swallowed up in the transcendent duties of patriots. De Quincey.
Merge, v. i.
Definition: To be sunk, swallowed up, or lost. Native irresolution had merged in stronger motives. I. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
