What does "confluent" mean?
Confluent: (Bot.) Blended into one; growing together, so as to obliterate all distinction.
Additional senses
- 2.(Med.) (a) Running together or uniting, as pimples or pustules. (b) Characterized by having the pustules, etc., run together or unite, so as to cover the surface; as, confluent smallpox. Dunglison.
- 3.A small steam which flows into a large one.
- 4.The place of meeting of steams, currents, etc. [Obs.] Holland.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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