noun a small steam which flows into a large one.
2. confluent ·noun the place of meeting of steams, currents, ·etc.
3. confluent ·adj running together or uniting, as pimples or pustules.
4. confluent ·adj flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another.
5. confluent ·adj blended into one; growing together, so as to obliterate all distinction.
6. confluent ·adj characterized by having the pustules, ·etc., run together or unite, so as to cover the surface; as, confluent smallpox.