n. 合流, 合流点, 集合, 人群

[医] 融合, 汇合

Confluence \Con"flu*ence\, n. [L. confluentia.]
1. The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of
two or more streams; the place of meeting.

New York stood at the confluence of two rivers.
--Bancroft.

2. Any running together of separate streams or currents; the
act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a
concourse; an assemblage.

You see this confluence, this great flood of
vistors. --Shak.

The confluence . . . of all true joys. --Boyle.