"conflux" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: confluxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} conflux (plural confluxes)
  1. A merger of rivers, or the place where rivers merge.
    Sense id: en-conflux-en-noun-zrODWrBS
  2. A convergence or moving gathering of forces, people, or things.
    Sense id: en-conflux-en-noun-V-bT7Ij1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: confluence

Inflected forms

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