confluence
n. 合流, 合流点, 集合, 人群 [医] 融合, 汇合
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The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.
The confluence of the rivers produced a great rush of water.
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The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.
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.
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The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.
The stream or body formed by the junction of two or more streams; a combined flood.
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A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.
The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project.
The political turmoil was the result of a confluence of factors, and the corollary of years of misrule, as evidenced by a low home ownership rate incommensurate with the economic growth.
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The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other.
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A property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms.
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To join together into one stream.
不及物 及物
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From late Middle English confluence, from Late Latin cōnfluentia (“a flowing together, conflux”), from cōnfluēns (present participle of cōnfluō (“to flow or run together”)) + -ia (nominal suffix).
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