Confluence - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Confluence :  (noun)
1: a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers" [syn: meeting]
2: a flowing together [syn: conflux, merging]
3: a coming together of people [syn: concourse]

Based on WordNet 2.0

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.

New York stood at the confluence of two rivers. --Bancroft.

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.

You see this confluence, this great flood of vistors. --Shak.

The confluence . . . of all true joys. --Boyle.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Confluence, KY Zip code(s): 41730 Confluence, PA (borough, FIPS 15680) Location: 39.80948 N, 79.35434 W Population (1990): 873 (413 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Confluence

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