CONFLUENT


Meaning of CONFLUENT in English

I. (ˈ)kän|flüənt, kənˈf- adjective

Etymology: Latin confluent-, confluens, present participle of confluere to flow together, from com- + fluere to flow — more at fluent

1. : flowing together : meeting or coming together : combining to form one

confluent streams

confluent glaciers

confluent veins

— opposed to diffluent

2. medicine

a. : running or run together : united

confluent pustules

b. : characterized by confluent lesions

confluent smallpox

— compare discrete 1b

3. : coming together smoothly without a notch at the point of junction

confluent dorsal fins of certain fishes

II. noun

( -s )

: a confluent stream ; broadly : affluent , tributary

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