confluence

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He also bewailed the fact that he had been born at what he called the confluence of Hugo and Balzac.

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  1. noun A flowing together of two or more streams.
  2. noun The point of juncture of such streams.
  3. noun The combined stream formed by this juncture.
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  • The corruption of the confluence was already under way. —  Witch Star.htm
  • The Malagarasi is of considerable size at its confluence, and has a large islet covered with eschinomena, or pith hat material, growing in its way. —  The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II, 1869-1873
  • Carlos pulled out the map and marked it with pen, unofficially naming the confluence the Montero Delta. —  Asimov's SF, Feb 2002
  • I wanted to call attention to the classic "confluence" trade set-up at $355 in mid-August. —  Afraid to Trade.com Blog
  • If you're a skeptic, you might think see Root's success as a confluence of lucky breaks, impossible to repeat for anyone not gifted with superhuman salesmanship ... —  Recruiting Animal
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  1. = French confluence = Spanish Portuguese confluencia = Italian confluenza, from Late Latin confluentia, a flowing together, from Latin confluen(t-)s, present participle of confluere, flow together: see confluent.
 

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