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confluence::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | concourse |
| Type of | meeting, coming together, merging |
confluence::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | meeting |
| Type of | geographical point, geographic point |
| Derivation | confluent |
Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers.
Examples of confluence
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A confluence of factors has created a more favorable environment for developers.
From the nytimes.com
The confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers is located near St. Louis.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Whether by luck or judgment, the iPad has emerged during a confluence of events.
From the guardian.co.uk
The town grew up as a river port at the confluence of the Thames and the Kennet.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Keynsham is located on the confluence where the River Chew meets the River Avon.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He says it took an extraordinary confluence of events to produce Thursday's move.
From the guardian.co.uk
Their enthusiasm can be explained by the confluence of several trends, I think.
From the newsweek.com
A confluence of events that carried her into homelessness began a year earlier.
From the timesunion.com
But this is the exact confluence of events that is causing such woe in America.
From the economist.com
- A place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers"
- A flowing together
- (confluent) feeder: a branch that flows into the main stream
- Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water. The opposite of a watershed, it usually refers to the point where a tributary joins a more major river, called the mainstem, when that major river is also the highest order stream in the drainage basin. ...
- In computer science, confluence is a property of rewriting systems, describing that terms in this system can be rewritten in more than one way, to yield the same result. This article describes the properties in the most abstract setting of an abstract rewriting system.
- Confluence is an annual science fiction convention that has been occurring in Pittsburgh for several years. Confluence 2009 will be held in the Doubletree Hotel from July 24-26, 2009 .
- Confluence is the name of IIM Ahmedabad's annual International Business School Summit.http://www.iimaalumni.org/n/front/campus/campusnews.asp?art_ID=62
- Confluence is a web-based corporate wiki written in Java and mainly used in corporate environments. It is developed and marketed by Atlassian. Confluence is sold as either on-premises software or as a hosted solution. ...
