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.