What is "confluent" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does confluent mean in English? Meaning of confluent definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "confluent" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "confluent": a branch that flows into the main stream

Noun

  • Meaning: a branch that flows into the main stream
  • Synonyms: affluent confluent feeder tributary
  • Hypernyms: branch
  • Antonyms: distributary
  • Meaning of "confluent": flowing together

    Adjective

  • Meaning: flowing together
  • Synonyms: confluent merging
  • Similar: convergent
  • Adjective: Converging, merging into continuous shape (of two or more objects). 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 19 A confluent smallpox had in all directions flowed over his face, and left it like the complicated ribbed bed of a torrent, when the rushing waters have been dried up.1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 19 A confluent smallpox had in all directions flowed over his face, and left it like the complicated ribbed bed of a torrent, when the rushing waters have been dried up.(meteorology) (Of wind) which converges, especially when viewed on a weather chart(biology) Describing cells in a culture that merge to form a mass(geometry) (Of a triangle) which is exactly the same size as another triangle.
  • Synonyms:

    flowing, concurrent, connecting, convergent, joining, mingling, coalescent, coming together,

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    confluent in English: confluent
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