confluence
a flowing together of two or more streams, rivers, or the like: the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
their place of junction: St. Louis is at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
a body of water formed by the flowing together of two or more streams, rivers, or the like.
a coming together of people or things; concourse.
a crowd or throng; assemblage.
Origin of confluence
1- Also con·flux [kon-fluhks]. /ˈkɒn flʌks/.
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How to use confluence in a sentence
They are a part of a pattern of growing fire risk, emerging from a confluence of factors exacerbated by humans, spanning from ignitions to urban planning to forest management to climate change.
“Unprecedented”: What’s behind the California, Oregon, and Washington wildfires | Umair Irfan | September 11, 2020 | VoxWhile that strange confluence of events may have surprised many, it didn’t surprise Lyric Jain, a 24-year-old, Cambridge-educated engineer who lives in the United Kingdom.
Still, thanks to a confluence of events — from a battering of the broader retail industry to the runaway growth of Amazon specifically — both big and small fulfillment centers are beginning to spring up and fast.
That Whole Foods is an Amazon warehouse; get used to it | Connie Loizos | September 4, 2020 | TechCrunchThen overnight, the confluence of two potent forces shrank what looked like a long timetable.
First he took energy trading and the NYSE electronic. Now Jeff Sprecher of ICE shares his plans to digitize your mortgage | Shawn Tully | September 2, 2020 | FortuneFor the publishing industry, this confluence of disruption has had a massive impact of on advertising revenue.
Digiday Research: 74% of publishers have seen ad CPMs drop | Shareen Pathak | June 15, 2020 | Digiday
Near the confluence of these two rivers a tiny bridge spans the gap connecting the Korengal with the Pech.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley | Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt may have been a confluence of factors, but going bald eagle became not so much a choice as an expectation.
Waxing: Damned if You Do and Damned if You Don’t: How Pubic Hair Became Political | Emily Shire | April 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA confluence of events so seemingly magical made for a mostly charmed film shoot.
‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ Star Oscar Isaac Is About to Be a Very Big Deal | Kevin Fallon | December 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAt the same time, in a happy confluence of technology and history, Bush had an app on his iPad that he could use to draw pictures.
George W. Bush Emerges From the Shadows to Open Presidential Library | Eleanor Clift | April 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIs that a fair reading, or do you see more confluence between you and Reihan/Ross than I'm suggesting?
Washington attacked a French encampment at the confluence of the Alleghany and Monongahela.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellAt the confluence of these two rivers there was the finest assemblage of Savages that I have yet seen.
Small craw-fish387 go up as far as the mountains,388 and the larger as far as the confluence of the Indus and the Acesines.
Erdil is a tiny derelict Christian village situated in the Oramar valley a little above its confluence with the Zab.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. WigramBetween these rivers, and nestling inside of their very confluence, reposes Harper's Ferry.
The Raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry as I Saw It | Rev. Samuel Vanderlip Leech
British Dictionary definitions for confluence
conflux (ˈkɒnflʌks)
/ (ˈkɒnflʊəns) /
a merging or flowing together, esp of rivers
a gathering together, esp of people
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Scientific definitions for confluence
[ kŏn′flōō-əns ]
A flowing together of two or more streams or two or more glaciers.
The point of juncture of such streams or glaciers.
The combined stream or glacier formed by this juncture.
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