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confluence [ˈkɒnflʊəns], conflux [ˈkɒnflʌks] n 1. a merging or flowing together, esp of rivers 2. a gathering together, esp of people
Confluence a flowing together or the result of such an action; a merging; a large number of persons, animals, or things gathered together from various quarters; a concourse; a crowd; a multitude. Examples: confluence of association [historical], 1856; of blood, 1635; of brooks, 1794; of dissenting clergymen, 1847; of all comforts, 1654; of ethereal fire, 1742; of young gentlemen, 1673; of grace, 1711; of joys; of shady lanes, 1863; of men, 1596; of particles, 1865; of people, 1818; of prosperous successes, 1606; of rivers, 1828; of rivulets, 1692; of visitants, 1751; of visitors, 1697; of waters, 1615.
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confluence noun convergence, junction, concurrence, conflux The 160-metre falls mark the confluence of the rivers. Translations confluence [ˈkɒnflʊəns] n [rivers] → confluence f (formal) [events, factors] → confluence f, rencontre f confluence n (of rivers) → Zusammenfluss m confluence [ˈkɒnflʊəns] n (frm) a. (of rivers) → confluenza b. (of interests, ideas) → convergenza c. (crowd) → folla confluence [ˈkɒnflʊəns] n (frm) a. (of rivers) → confluenza b. (of interests, ideas) → convergenza c. (crowd) → folla n confluence [ˈkonfluəns] a flowing together of two rivers. samevloeiing, sameloop مُلْتَقى نَهْرَين сливане (на реки) soutok sammenløb der Zusammenfluß συμβολή ποταμών confluencia jõgede liitumiskoht هم ریزی؛ محل تلاقی رودها yhtymäkohta confluence זְרִימָה מְשוּתֶפֶת संगम ušće rijeka összefolyás pertemuan dua sungai samrennsli confluenza 合流 합류 santaka (upju) saplūšana kuala samenloop sammenløp, sammenstrømning zlewanie się confluência confluenţă слияние sútok sotočje ušće sammanflöde การไหลไปด้วยกัน birleşme 河流匯集 злиття річок سنگم ngã ba sông 汇合 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Ravishankar and her illustrator collaborators distinguish their work by sounding a variety of cultural voices, producing interesting cultural confluences, as in the combination of Indian and South African artistry in Today Is My Day and In the combination of Indian and European art in Excuse Me, Is This India? Laced with ancestral invocations and the confluences of polity, these are forthright poems that pound with heart rhythms, ooze with street love and call for a brazen fist. While her texts remain strictly concerned with surface description, Tan seeks rare moments of spatiotemporal collapse--those confluences of jet lag, solitude, and the comfort of an environment at once totally foreign and strangely embracing--that constitute a kind of waking dream state and that she terms "petit morts," in a deliberate evocation of the French expression for sexual climax. |
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