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confluence
(encz) | confluence,sbíhání n: Zdeněk Brož |
confluence
(encz) | confluence,soutok n: Zdeněk Brož |
Confluence
(gcide) | 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.
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New York stood at the confluence of two rivers.
--Bancroft.
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2. Any running together of separate streams or currents; the
act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a
concourse; an assemblage.
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You see this confluence, this great flood of
vistors. --Shak.
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The confluence . . . of all true joys. --Boyle.
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confluence
(wn) | confluence
n 1: a place where things merge or flow together (especially
rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the
Allegheny and Monongahela rivers" [syn: confluence,
meeting]
2: a flowing together [syn: confluence, conflux, merging]
3: a coming together of people [syn: concourse, confluence] |
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