confluence

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• confluence — [ kɔ̃flyɑ̃s ] n. f. • mil. XVe; lat. confluentia, de confluere → confluer ♦ Fait de confluer. Confluence de deux fleuves. ⇒ confluent. Par anal. La confluence de deux corps d armée. ⇒ 1. rencontre. Fig. La confluence des courants de pensée. ●… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Confluence — bedeutet den Kanu Hersteller Confluence Watersports Degree Confluence Project Konfluenz Konfluenz (Informatik), die Eigenschaft eines Transitionssystems, jedem Element nur höchstens eine Normalform zuzuordnen Konfluenz (Zellkultur) das… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Confluence — Con flu*ence, n. [L. confluentia.] 1. The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting. [1913 Webster] New York stood at the confluence of two rivers. Bancroft. [1913 Webster] 2. Any running… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Confluence — Confluence, PA U.S. borough in Pennsylvania Population (2000): 834 Housing Units (2000): 404 Land area (2000): 1.596582 sq. miles (4.135129 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.052398 sq. miles (0.135709 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.648980 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

• Confluence, PA — U.S. borough in Pennsylvania Population (2000): 834 Housing Units (2000): 404 Land area (2000): 1.596582 sq. miles (4.135129 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.052398 sq. miles (0.135709 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.648980 sq. miles (4.270838 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

• confluence — index assemblage, coalescence, coalition, company (assemblage), corpus, crossroad (intersection) …   Law dictionary

• confluence — early 15c., from L.L. confluentia, from L. confluentem (nom. confluens), prp. of confluere to flow together, from com together (see COM (Cf. com )) + fluere to flow (see FLUENT (Cf. fluent)) …   Etymology dictionary

• confluence — *junction, concourse …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• confluence — [n] coming together assemblage, assembly, concourse, concurrence, concursion, conflux, convergence, crowd, gathering, host, junction, meeting, mob, multitude, union; concepts 109,114 …   New thesaurus

• confluence — ► NOUN 1) the junction of two rivers. 2) an act or process of merging. DERIVATIVES confluent adjective. ORIGIN from Latin confluere flow together …   English terms dictionary

• confluence — [kän′flo͞o əns] n. [OFr < LL confluentia < L confluens, prp. of confluere < com , together + fluere, to flow: see FLUCTUATE] 1. a flowing together, esp. of two or more streams 2. the place where they join, or a stream formed in this way… …   English World dictionary