interfluent

adjective

in·​ter·​flu·​ent

-nt

: flowing between or among : passing into one another as if by a natural flow : intermingling

Word History

Etymology

Latin interfluent-, interfluens, present participle of interfluere to flow between, from inter- + fluere to flow

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