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English Dictionary: confluent	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
confluent adj flowing together Synonym(s): confluent, merging(a) n a branch that flows into the main stream [syn: feeder, tributary, confluent, affluent] Antonym(s): distributary
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Confluent \Con"fluent\, 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. These confluent* steams make some great river's head. --Blackmore. 2. (Bot.) Blended into one; growing together, so as to obliterate all distinction. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Confluent \Con"flu*ent\, n. 1. A small steam which flows into a large one. 2. The place of meeting of steams, currents, etc. [Obs.] --Holland.