confluent
/kon-floo-uhnt/US // ˈkɒn flu ənt //UK // (ˈkɒnflʊənt) //
汇合的,汇合,汇流,汇聚的
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : flowing or running together; blending into one: confluent rivers; confluent ideas.
- : Pathology. running together: confluent efflorescences.characterized by confluent efflorescences: confluent smallpox.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : one of two or more confluent streams.
- : a tributary stream.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Miss Eliot had too rashly taken the alarm, as Mrs. G.'s sort, though confluent, was a very good one.
If you anoint a patient that has confluent smallpox you probably can not wipe away the oil, because the skin will be pustular.
The Small Pox is of two varieties or degrees, distinct and confluent.
They are eight or nine in number, thickly spotted with reddish-brown, these spots being confluent at the larger end.
The mandibles have five teeth, but the fifth is sometimes confluent with the inferior angle.
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