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re⋅flux

  [ree-fluhks]
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–noun
a flowing back; ebb.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < ML refluxus. See re-, flux
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re·flux   (rē'flŭks')   
n.  
  1. A flowing back; ebb.
  2. Chemistry The process of refluxing.
v.   re·fluxed, re·flux·ing, re·flux·es Chemistry

v.   tr.
To boil (a liquid) in a vessel attached to a condenser so that the vapors continuously condense for reboiling.
v.   intr.
To be boiled in such a way.

[Medieval Latin reflūxus : Latin re-, re- + Latin flūxus, flow, from past participle of fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.]
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Reflux

Re"flux`\ (r?"fl?ks`), a. Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action.

Reflux

Re"flux`\, n. [F. reflux. See Refluent, Flux.] A flowing back, as the return of a fluid; ebb; reaction; as, the flux and reflux of the tides.

All from me Shall with a fierce reflux on me redound. --Milton.
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Language Translation for : reflux
Spanish: marea menguante,
German: die Ebbe,
Japanese: 引き潮
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reflux  (n.)
c.1430, "a flowing back (of the sea, etc.)," from M.L. refluxus, from L. re- "back, again" + fluxus "a flowing" (see flux). Digestive sense is recorded from 1937.
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Main Entry: 1re·flux
Pronunciation: 'rE-"fl&ks
Function: noun
1 : a flowing back : REGURGITATION <reflux of gastric acid> reflux> —see GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX
2 : a process of refluxing or condition of being refluxed reflux for 24 hours —T. Y. Ho et al>

Main Entry: 2reflux
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, involving, or caused by reflux <reflux esophagitis>

Main Entry: 3reflux
Function: transitive verb
: to cause to flow back or return; especially : to heat (as under a reflux condenser) so that thevapors formed condense to a liquid that flows back to be heated again reflux intransitive senses
: to flow back refluxed into the esophagus>
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reflux re·flux (rē'flŭks')
n.

  1. A flowing back.
  2. The process of refluxing.
v. re·fluxed, re·flux·ing, re·flux·es
To boil a liquid in a vessel attached to a condenser so that the vapors continuously condense for reboiling.

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