confluent

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

• 🇨🇳指事物汇合、融合或连通在一起，常用于地理（河流汇合）、医学（病灶融合）等技术语境。

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.

   🇨🇳汇流的

   同义词: coalescentconvergentconvergingjoiningmeetingmerging

   反义词: 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.

• 🇨🇳名词，指汇入较大河流或主流的小河、支流；也可指支流汇合处或汇流点。

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.

   🇨🇳支流

   同义词: affluentbranchfeedertributary

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