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confluent definition

con·flu·ent (-ənt)

adjective

  1. flowing or running together so as to form one confluent streams
  2. Med. running together so as to form a merged mass, as sores, pimples, etc.

Etymology: ME & L confluens: see confluence

noun

a stream uniting with another; loosely, a tributary

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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