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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONFLUENCE, n. [L., to flow. See Flow.]
1. A flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams of water, or other fluid; also, the place of meeting; as the confluence of the Tigris and the Frat, or of the Ohio and Mississippi.
2. The running together of people; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; a crowd; a concourse; the latter word is more generally used.
3. A collection; meeting; assemblage.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers" [syn: confluence, meeting]
2: a flowing together [syn: confluence, conflux, merging]
3: a coming together of people [syn: concourse, confluence]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point <a happy confluence of weather and scenery> 2. a. the flowing together of two or more streams b. the place of meeting of two streams c. the combined stream formed by conjunction

NOAA Weather Glossary

A pattern of wind flow in which air flows inward toward anaxis oriented parallel to the general direction of flow. It is the opposite of difluence.Confluence is not the same as convergence. Winds often accelerate as they enter aconfluent zone, resulting in speed divergence which offsets the (apparent) convergingeffect of the confluent flow.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a place where two rivers meet. 2 a a coming together. b a crowd of people. Etymology: L confluere (as com-, fluere flow)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Confluence Con"flu*ence, n. [L. confluentia.] 1. The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting. New York stood at the confluence of two rivers. --Bancroft. 2. Any running together of separate streams or currents; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a concourse; an assemblage. You see this confluence, this great flood of vistors. --Shak. The confluence . . . of all true joys. --Boyle.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

The confluence of two rivers is the place where they join and become one larger river. The 160-metre falls mark the dramatic confluence of the rivers Nera and Velino. N-SING: oft N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Meeting, junction, conflux, union, flowing together. 2. Concourse, assembly, assemblage, congregation, multitude, crowd, collection, throng, army, host, swarm, horde.

Moby Thesaurus

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