Definition of confluent

• a. - Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another.
• a. - Blended into one; growing together, so as to obliterate all distinction.
• a. - Running together or uniting, as pimples or pustules.
• a. - Characterized by having the pustules, etc., run together or unite, so as to cover the surface; as, confluent smallpox.
• n. - A small steam which flows into a large one.
• n. - The place of meeting of steams, currents, etc.