Definition of Confluence
Confluence
con·flu·ence


Definition/Meaning
(noun)
A coming or flowing together of people, things, or ideas.

e.g. The confluence of rivers created a beautiful delta.

(noun)
a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point;

e.g. The convention was a confluence of gamers and nerds alike who reveled in their hobby.

(noun)
the degree of substrate coverage that is exhibited by proliferating, adherent cells cultured in a laboratory vessel (such as a petri dish or flask);

e.g. She found a confluence while examining the new bacteria cultures.



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