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conflux

Pronunciation:  'kânfluks

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Matching Terms:  confluence, confluent, confluxibility, confluxible

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a flowing together (as of rivers)
 
 Synonyms: confluence, merging
 
 See Also: blend, blending

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Con"flux\, n. [From L. confluxus, p. p. See
{Confluent}.]
1. A flowing together; a meeting of currents. ``The conflux
   of meeting sap.'' --Shak.

         The general conflux and concourse of the whole
         people.                               --Clarendon.

2. A large assemblage; a passing multitude.

         To the gates cast round thine eye, and see What
         conflux issuing forth, or entering in. --Milton.

 

 

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