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Confluence

Noun

Definiciones

1.NounThe act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.
"The confluence of the rivers produced a great rush of water.; We encountered an abandoned boat at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers."
2.NounThe place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.
"We encountered an abandoned boat at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers."
3.NounThe stream or body formed by the junction of two or more streams; a combined flood.
4.NounA convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.
"The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project.; The political turmoil was the result of a confluence of factors, and the corollary of years of misrule, as evidenced by a low home ownership rate incommensurate with the economic growth."
5.NounThe proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other.
6.NounA property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms.
7.VerbTo join together into one stream.
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