# confluent

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkɑn.flu.ənt/ · frequency rank #77,551

## Definitions
1. Converging, merging or flowing together into one.
2. Converging, especially as viewed on a weather chart.
3. Describing cells in a culture that merge to form a mass.
4. Exactly the same size as another triangle.
5. Given a binary operation →_β on a set A, and its reflexive, transitive closure ↠_β , then, for all a1, a2, and a3 in A, if a1 →_β a2 and a1 →_β a3, then there must exist an a4 in A such that a2 ↠_β a4 and a3 ↠_β a4.

## Etymology
From Latin cōnfluēns, present participle of cōnfluō.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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