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Dictionary Results for confluent:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
confluent
    adj 1: flowing together [syn: confluent, merging(a)]
    n 1: a branch that flows into the main stream [syn: feeder,
         tributary, confluent, affluent] [ant: distributary]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Confluent \Con"flu*ent\, n.
   1. A small steam which flows into a large one.
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   2. The place of meeting of steams, currents, etc. [Obs.]
      --Holland.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Confluent \Con"flu*ent\, a. [L. confluens, -entis, p. pr. of
   confluere, -fluxum; con- + fluere to flow. See Fluent.]
   1. Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one
      into another; flowing together to form a single stream.

   Syn: merging(prenominal).
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              These confluent steams make some great river's
              head.                               --Blackmore.
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   2. (Bot.) Blended into one; growing together, so as to
      obliterate all distinction.
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   3. (Med.)
      (a) Running together or uniting, as pimples or pustules.
      (b) Characterized by having the pustules, etc., run
          together or unite, so as to cover the surface; as,
          confluent smallpox. --Dunglison.
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