confluent

[ kon-floo-uh nt ]
/ ˈkɒn flu ənt /
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adjective

flowing or running together; blending into one: confluent rivers; confluent ideas.
Pathology.
  1. running together: confluent efflorescences.
  2. characterized by confluent efflorescences: confluent smallpox.

noun

one of two or more confluent streams.
a tributary stream.

Origin of confluent

1425–75; late Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin confluent- (stem of confluēns, present participle of confluere to flow together), equivalent to con- con- + flu- (stem of fluere to flow) + -ent- -ent; see fluent, fluid

Words nearby confluent

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Words related to confluent

flowing, concurrent, convergent, coalescent

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British Dictionary definitions for confluent

confluent
/ (ˈkɒnflʊənt) /

adjective

flowing together or merging

noun

a stream that flows into another, usually of approximately equal size

Word Origin for confluent

C17: from Latin confluēns, from confluere to flow together, from fluere to flow

Medical definitions for confluent

confluent
[ kŏn′flōō-ənt ]

adj.

Flowing together; blended into one.
Merging or running together so as to form a mass, as sores in a rash.