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Synonyms for conflux

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kon-floo-uhns
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒn flu əns

Définition of conflux

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Late Latin confluentia, from Latin confluentem (nominative confluens), present participle of confluere "to flow together," from com- "together" (see com-) + fluere "to flow" (see fluent).
  • noun confluence
Example sentences :
  • Charleston is situated at the conflux of the rivers Ashley and Cooper.
  • Extract from : « Travels in North America, From Modern Writers » by William Bingley
  • Namur is situated on the conflux of the Meuse and the Sambre.
  • Extract from : « The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. » by Tobias Smollett
  • Athelney, a morass formed by the conflux of the Thone and the Parret.
  • Extract from : « Old English Chronicles » by Various
  • I remember at Lyons to have been taken to see the conflux of the Rhone and the Sane.
  • Extract from : « Lord Chatham » by Archibald Phillip Primrose Rosebery
  • There appeared no conflux of men in obedience to the proclamation.
  • Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books, Vol XII. » by Arthur Mee
  • We encamped this evening at the conflux of the Simpang stream and Ipu river.
  • Extract from : « The History of Sumatra » by William Marsden
  • It was situated about four miles from Bridgewater, near the conflux of the rivers Parrot and Tone?
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 85, June 14, 1851 » by Various
  • In about two hours we arrived at the bottom, where there is a conflux of two rivers, that issue from the mountains.
  • Extract from : « Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 » by Alexander Mackenzie
  • One day I saw the American army standing "in the centre of immensities, in the conflux of eternities," at the focus of histories.
  • Extract from : « Soldier Silhouettes on our Front » by William L. Stidger
  • The conflux of the sutural or inner margins of the two Elytra, where when closed they unite longitudinally.
  • Extract from : « An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4) » by William Kirby

Antonyms for conflux

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