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confluent

[ kon-floo-uhnt ]
/ ˈkɒn flu ənt /
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adjective
flowing or running together; blending into one: confluent rivers; confluent ideas.
Pathology.
  1. running together: confluent efflorescences.
  2. characterized by confluent efflorescences: confluent smallpox.
noun
one of two or more confluent streams.
a tributary stream.
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Origin of confluent

1425–75; late Middle English (<Middle French ) <Latin confluent- (stem of confluēns, present participle of confluere to flow together), equivalent to con-con- + flu- (stem of fluere to flow) + -ent--ent; see fluent, fluid

Words nearby confluent

conflicting, confliction, conflict of interest, conflict of laws, confluence, confluent, confocal, confocal microscope, conform, conformable, conformal
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Words related to confluent

flowing, joining, mingling, coalescent, concurrent, connecting, convergent

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British Dictionary definitions for confluent

confluent
/ (ˈkɒnflʊənt) /
adjective
flowing together or merging
noun
a stream that flows into another, usually of approximately equal size

Word Origin for confluent

C17: from Latin confluēns, from confluere to flow together, from fluere to flow
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