About The Word Confluent
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Confluent
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What's The Definition Of Confluent?
[adj] flowing together
Synonyms | Synonyms for Confluent: convergent | merging(a) Related Terms | Find terms related to Confluent: See Also | Confluent In Webster's Dictionary \Con"flu*ent\, a. [L. confluens, -entis, p. pr. of
confluere, -fluxum; con- + fluere to flow. See {Fluent}.]
1. Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one
into another.
These confluent steams make some great river's head.
--Blackmore.
2. (Bot.) Blended into one; growing together, so as to
obliterate all distinction.
3. (Med.)
(a) Running together or uniting, as pimples or pustules.
(b) Characterized by having the pustules, etc., run
together or unite, so as to cover the surface; as,
confluent smallpox. --Dunglison.
\Con"flu*ent\, n. 1. A small steam which flows into a large one. 2. The place of meeting of steams, currents, etc. [Obs.] --Holland. |
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