noun🔗ShareThe 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."geographyenvironmentnatureplaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe 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."geographyenvironmentplacenatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA convergence or combination of forces, people, or things."The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project."systemprocessorganizationgroupeventsituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other"After 24 hours, the confluence of the skin cells in the petri dish was approximately 70%, meaning they had covered most of the available surface area by adhering to each other. "biologymedicineorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareIn rewriting systems, property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms."The confluence of different math formulas allows students to solve the same problem using various methods. "computingtechnicallogicsystemlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading