confluent adjective & noun. ['kɒnflʊǝnt] L15.
[Latin confluent- pres. ppl stem of confluere, formed as CON- + fluere flow: see -ENT.]
A. adjective.
1. Coalescing with one another so as to form one continuous mass or surface. L15.
■ C. Darwin The surrounding dark zones become confluent.

2. Of streams, roads, etc.: flowing or running together so as to form one, uniting. E17.
■ A. Geikie Numerous confluent valleys, whose united waters..enter the sea.

3. Flowing together in a body. E18.
■ M. Prior The whole ocean's confluent waters swell.
b. noun.
1. The place where rivers etc. unite. Only in E17.

2. A stream etc. joining another, spec. one of nearly equal size. M17.

■ confluently adverb L19.

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