Conflux
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A merger of rivers, or the place where rivers merge.
"It stands on the conflux of two rivers—the Chelmer, whence the town is called, and the Cann."
- 2 a flowing together wordnet
- 3 A convergence or moving gathering of forces, people, or things.
"Thence to the gates caſt round thine eye, and ſee / What conflux iſſuing forth, or entring in: / Pretors, Proconſuls to thir Provinces / Haſting or on return, in robes of State; / Lictors and rods the enſigns of thir power; / Legions and Cohorts, turmes of horſe and wings: […]"
Example
More examples"It stands on the conflux of two rivers—the Chelmer, whence the town is called, and the Cann."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōnflūxus.