confluence

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin confluentia, from con- + fluere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnfluəns/
• Hyphenation: con‧flu‧ence

Noun

confluence (plural confluences)

1. The 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.

2. The act of combining which occurs at the place where rivers and the lake meet.

   The confluence of the rivers produced a great rush of water.

3. A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.

   The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project.

4. (biology) The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other
5. (computer science) In rewriting systems, property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms.

Synonyms

• conflux

Related terms

• confluence aloft

Translations

point where two rivers or streams meet

• Aromanian: measticã f
• Bulgarian: слива́не (bg) n (sliváne)
• Catalan: confluència (ca) f
• Central Melanau: kala
• Czech: soutok (cs) m
• Estonian: liitumiskoht
• Finnish: yhtymäkohta (fi)
• French: confluent (fr) m, confluence (fr) f
• Galician: confluencia f, mestas f pl
• German: Zusammenfluss m
• Hebrew: מפגש נהרות (mifgash neharot)
• Hungarian: torkolat (hu)
• Iranun: minanga
• Irish: suaithneamh f
• Japanese: 合流点 (gōryūten)
• Latin: confluens m
• Malay: kuala (ms)
• Manx: co-strooan f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: pūau, pūtahitanga, komititanga o ngā wai, pūruatanga
• Nepali: dobhān (dobhān)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: samløp n

  Nynorsk: samløp n

• Polish: zbieg (pl) m
• Portuguese: confluência (pt) f
• Romanian: confluență (ro) f
• Russian: слия́ние (ru) n (slijánije)
• Slovak: sútok m
• Spanish: confluencia (es) f
• Tamil: ஆற்றுச்சந்தி (ta) (āṟṟuccanti)
• Tulu: kudala (kudala)
• Walloon: maxhe (wa) f
• West Coast Bajau: boa' soang

convergence or combination

• Bulgarian: стича́не (bg) n (stičáne)
• Finnish: yhdistäminen (fi), yhdistyminen (fi)
• French: confluent (fr) m, convergence (fr) f
• Hungarian: egyesítés (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: tūtakitanga
• Norwegian: konfluens m
• Portuguese: confluência (pt) f
• Russian: стече́ние (ru) n (stečénije)