English-Thai Dictionary

confluence

N การ ไหล ไป ด้วยกัน  junction conflux kan-lai-pai-duai-kan

 

confluence

N ฝูงชน  fung-chon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONFLUENCE

n.[L., to flow. See Flow. ] 1. A flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams of water, or other fluid; also, the place of meeting; as the confluence of the Tigris and the Frat, or of the Ohio and Mississippi.
2. The running together of people; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; a crowd; a concourse; the latter word is more generally used.
3. A collection; meeting; assemblage.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONFLUENCE

CONFLUENCE Con "flu *ence, n. [L. confluentia.]

 

1. The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting.

 

New York stood at the confluence of two rivers. Bancroft.

 

2. Any running together of separate streams or currents; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a concourse; an assemblage.

 

You see this confluence, this great flood of vistors. Shak.

 

The confluence. .. of all true joys. Boyle.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

confluence

con flu ence |ˈkänˌflo͞oəns, kənˈflo͞oəns ˈkɑnˌfluəns | ▶noun the junction of two rivers, esp. rivers of approximately equal width: here at the confluence of the Laramie and North Platte Rivers. • an act or process of merging: a major confluence of the world's financial markets. ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin confluentia, from Latin confluere ‘flow together ’ (see confluent ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

confluence

confluence |ˈkɒnflʊəns | ▶noun the junction of two rivers, especially rivers of approximately equal width. • an act or process of merging: a major confluence of the world's financial markets. ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin confluentia, from Latin confluere ‘flow together ’ (see confluent ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

confluence

confluence noun the confluence of the Rhine and the Mosel: convergence, meeting, junction.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

confluence

confluence noun the confluence of the Rhine and the Mosel: convergence, meeting, junction, joining, conflux, watersmeet; Indian sangam.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

confluence

con flu ence /kɑ́nfluəns |kɔ́n -/名詞 U C 1 〖通例the ～〗(川の )合流 (点 ).2 (複数の考え 主義 文化などの )結合, 統合, 合体, 合流, 一致 ; 合流点, 一致点 .3 (人 物の )集合, 群集 .