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con⋅flu⋅ence

[kon-floo-uhns]
–noun
1. a flowing together of two or more streams, rivers, or the like: the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
2. their place of junction: St. Louis is at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
3. a body of water formed by the flowing together of two or more streams, rivers, or the like.
4. a coming together of people or things; concourse.
5. a crowd or throng; assemblage.
Also, con⋅flux [kon-fluhks] .


Origin:
1375–1425; late ME (< MF) < LL confluentia; see confluent, -ence


4. union, joining, meeting.
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con·flux   (kŏn'flŭks')   
n.  A confluence.

[From Latin cōnfluxus, past participle of cōnfluere, to flow together; see confluent.]
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confluence 
1432, from L.L. confluentia, from L. confluentem (nom. confluens), prp. of confluere "to flow together," from com- "together" + fluere "to flow."
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Medical Dictionary

confluence con·flu·ence (kŏn'fl&oomacr;-əns)
n.
A flowing or meeting together; a joining.

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confluence   (kŏn'fl-əns)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. A flowing together of two or more streams or two or more glaciers.

  2. The point of juncture of such streams or glaciers.

  3. The combined stream or glacier formed by this juncture.


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