"confluent" meaning in English

See confluent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɑn.flu.ənt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-confluent.wav Forms: more confluent [comparative], most confluent [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm}} Middle French [Term?] Head templates: {{en-adj}} confluent (comparative more confluent, superlative most confluent)
  1. (of two or more objects or shapes) Converging, merging or flowing together into one.
    Sense id: en-confluent-en-adj-DLw-vhdq
  2. (meteorology, of wind) Converging, especially as viewed on a weather chart. Categories (topical): Meteorology
    Sense id: en-confluent-en-adj-xQJFqy9y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 40 16 5 35 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 4 29 12 1 26 2 0 3 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 30 12 1 26 1 0 2 26 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
  3. (biology) Describing cells in a culture that merge to form a mass. Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-confluent-en-adj-9OXGkWb1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 40 16 5 35 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 4 29 12 1 26 2 0 3 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 30 12 1 26 1 0 2 26 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  4. (geometry, of a triangle) Exactly the same size as another triangle. Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-confluent-en-adj-Fn5JZIEI Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  5. (mathematics) Given a binary operation →_β on a set A, and its reflexive, transitive closure ↠_β , then, for all a1, a2, and a3 in A, if a1 →_β a2 and a1 →_β a3, then there must exist an a4 in A such that a2 ↠_β a4 and a3 ↠_β a4. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-confluent-en-adj--Yn5LRpD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 40 16 5 35 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 4 29 12 1 26 2 0 3 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 30 12 1 26 1 0 2 26 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: biconfluent, confluently, hyperconfluent, nonconfluent, overconfluent, postconfluent, preconfluent, semiconfluent, subconfluent, superconfluent

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑn.flu.ənt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-confluent.wav Forms: confluents [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm}} Middle French [Term?] Head templates: {{en-noun}} confluent (plural confluents)
  1. A stream uniting and flowing with another; a confluent stream.
    Sense id: en-confluent-en-noun-1YnteZkp

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