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''']''', in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water.

'''Confluence''' may also refer to:

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* ], the streamline air flow convergence of a fluid air parcel
* ], a borough in Somerset County
* ], an enterprise wiki used as a content management system
* '']'', a journal published by Duke University
* Confluence, a colloquial term for the tailrace tunnels from the ]
* ] (biology), the percentage of capacity of a cell culture medium used by cells
* ], documenting intersections of whole number latitudes and longitudes
* ], an investment fund data management system vendor based in Pittsburgh, PA.

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More generally, a '''confluence''' is the merger or meeting of two or more objects, (eg, rivers, railroads, or beams of energy) or subjects (eg, people, couples, marriage, sex, allies/armies) that seemingly inseparably bind their respective forces or attributes into a united point of junction. The word can therefore be used objectively as a descriptive term or as a metaphor. More generally, a '''confluence''' is the merger or meeting of two or more objects, (eg, rivers, railroads, or beams of energy) or subjects (eg, people, couples, marriage, sex, allies/armies) that seemingly inseparably bind their respective forces or attributes into a united point of junction. The word can therefore be used objectively as a descriptive term or as a metaphor.

Revision as of 04:37, 2 October 2012

Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water.

Confluence may also refer to:

More generally, a confluence is the merger or meeting of two or more objects, (eg, rivers, railroads, or beams of energy) or subjects (eg, people, couples, marriage, sex, allies/armies) that seemingly inseparably bind their respective forces or attributes into a united point of junction. The word can therefore be used objectively as a descriptive term or as a metaphor.

Etymology

The word is comprised of the prefix con (from the Latin "com"), meaning "with" or "together," and joined with the suffix fluence from the Latin "fluere" meaning "to flow." The resulting meaning literally translates as "to flow together." It is interesting to note that the joining of both prefix and suffix to make the word confluence is a confluence in and of itself; both word parts join to form something that flows in the phenomenal river of language.

References

  1. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=con-&allowed_in_frame=0
  2. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=fluent&allowed_in_frame=0
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