noun
- Plural of confluent; streams or rivers that flow together and merge into one.
Usage: geography; hydrology
adjective
- Flowing together; meeting and joining at a point.
- In medicine, running together or blending; said of skin lesions or rashes that merge into larger areas.
Usage: formal; technical
Usage: medical
Examples
- The confluents of the Amazon River create one of the world's largest drainage systems.
- Where the two confluents meet, the water becomes deeper and faster.
- The confluents streams formed a single powerful river flowing toward the valley.
- The patient's confluent rash covered large areas of the skin rather than appearing as isolated spots.
- Geographers study confluents to understand watershed patterns and water flow dynamics.