n.
Pronunciation: ' kän- ˌ flü- ə n(t)s, k ə n- '
Function: 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