Found 2 items, similar to confluent.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: confluent confluent adj : flowing together [syn: merging(a)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Confluent Confluent \Con"flu*ent\, n. 1. A small steam which flows into a large one. [1913 Webster] 2. The place of meeting of steams, currents, etc. [Obs.] --Holland. [1913 Webster] Confluent \Con"flu*ent\, a. [L. confluens, -entis, p. pr. of confluere, -fluxum; con- + fluere to flow. See Fluent.] 1. Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another; flowing together to form a single stream. Syn: merging(prenominal). [1913 Webster] These confluent steams make some great river's head. --Blackmore. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Blended into one; growing together, so as to obliterate all distinction. [1913 Webster] 3. (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. [1913 Webster]