confluence

1. The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet. · The confluence of the rivers produced a great rush of water.
2. The 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.
3. The stream or body formed by the junction of two or more streams; a combined flood.
4. A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things. · The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project.
5. The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other.
6. A property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms.

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