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confluxes

confluxes is the plural of conflux.

Meaning of conflux

Noun

conflux (plural confluxes)

  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.1722, Daniel Defoe, A Tour Through the Eastern Counties of England
  2. 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: […]1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 81, lines 61–66

Questions about confluxes

What is confluxes the plural of?
Confluxes is the plural of conflux.

Words near confluxes in the dictionary

  1. confluents
  2. confluvia
  3. confluvium
  4. confluviums
  5. conflux
  6. confluxes
  7. confocal
  8. confocal microscopy
  9. confocality
  10. confocalized
  11. confocally

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