confluent

Describes things that flow together or merge, often used in technical contexts like geography or medicine.

• 🇩🇪Beschreibt Objekte, die zusammenfließen oder sich vereinigen, häufig in technischen Kontexten wie Geographie oder Medizin verwendet.

1. Flowing together C1 formal

   Describing streams, rivers, or other flows that merge into one.

   • The confluent rivers formed a wide delta.
   • Confluent streams create a larger waterway downstream.
   • The geologist studied the confluent paths of the two glaciers.

   🇩🇪Zusammenfließend

   Synonyme: coalescentconvergentconvergingjoiningmeetingmerging

   Antonyme: discretedivergentseparatesplit

• more confluent comparative form
• most confluent superlative form

A noun referring to a branch or stream that flows into a larger main stream or river.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das einen Nebenfluss oder Bach bezeichnet, der in einen größeren Hauptstrom oder Fluss mündet; auch ein Zusammenfluss.

1. Tributary stream C1 formal

   A smaller river or stream that flows into a larger one.

   • The Missouri River is a major confluent of the Mississippi.
   • Several small confluents join the main river in the valley.
   • The map shows all the confluents feeding into the lake.

   🇩🇪Nebenfluss

   Synonyme: affluentbranchfeedertributary

• confluents plural form
• confluents' possessive plural form
• confluent's possessive singular form