CONFLUENCE


Meaning of CONFLUENCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkän-ˌflü-ən(t)s, kən-ˈ ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.