conflux
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- noun
- /ˈkɒnflʌks/
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confluencia
- At the rivers' conflux, the St. Croix widens, deepens, and slows.
Examples
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This conflux of commerce, consumption, and Christmas has provoked its share of critics and prophets for more than a century.
Academic text (1992) -
According to our information, the ribbon is a conflux of temporal.
Fiction book (1994) -
According to our information, the ribbon is a conflux of temporal energy which travels through this galaxy every 39.1 years.
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So for now, the only big drain on my time is Conflux, but that's different—it's with Donna, and I love her and love spending time with her, so that's as much fun as it is work.
Blog text (8) -
This conflux of commerce, consumption, and Christmas has provoked its share of critics and prophets for more than a century.
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The conflux of different cultures in the city creates a vibrant atmosphere full of diversity.
Synonyms
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A group of different things or people that are together
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A meeting where people, ideas, or things come together
Coming together to form one thing, like rivers or ideas
Joining two or more things to make one
Mixing different things together to make one whole
A growing together of separate parts into one whole
Deep joining of two or more things so they mix but keep their own form
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Etymology
Conflux comes from the parts con- meaning 'together' and flux meaning 'flow', the same root you see in fluid and flux. Think of two rivers meeting and moving as one, so conflux means a 'coming or flowing together' of rivers, ideas, or people.