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The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.
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We encountered an abandoned boat at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.
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The act of combining which occurs at the place where rivers and the lake meet.
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The confluence of the rivers produced a great rush of water.
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A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.
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The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project.
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The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other
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In rewriting systems, property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms.