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- Dictionaryconfluent/ˈkɒnflʊənt/
adjective
- 1. flowing together or merging: "these confluent tones helped to fuse and unite his landscapes"
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The meaning of CONFLUENT is marked by or exhibiting confluence. How to use confluent in a sentence.
CONFLUENT definition: 1. If two things, such as areas of skin or cells, are confluent, they join or come together without…. Learn more.
1. flowing or running together so as to form one. confluent streams. 2. Medicine. running together so as to form a merged mass, as sores, pimples, etc. noun. 3. a stream uniting with another; loosely, a tributary. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word origin.
flowing or running together; blending into one: confluent rivers; confluent ideas.
Confluent definition: flowing or running together; blending into one. See examples of CONFLUENT used in a sentence.
Definitions of confluent. adjective. flowing together. synonyms: merging. convergent. tending to come together from different directions. noun. a branch that flows into the main stream. synonyms: affluent, feeder, tributary.
noun. A stream uniting with another; loosely, a tributary. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A tributary. American Heritage. Synonyms: affluent. tributary. feeder.
The term confluent often signifies a state of interconnectedness and mutual influence, highlighting the interconnected or interdependent nature of the entities involved. It suggests a sense of coherence, cohesion, or harmony resulting from the smooth joining or intermingling of diverse elements.
CONFLUENCE definition: 1. the place where two rivers flow together and become one larger river 2. a situation in which two…. Learn more.
noun. con· flu· ence ˈkän-ˌflü-ən (t)s kən-ˈflü- Synonyms of confluence. 1. : a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point. At the confluence of Native American, Hispanic, and Anglo cultures, Santa Fe is the symbolic heart of the Southwest. Jeffrey Steingarten.
