reflux

[ ree-fluhks ]
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noun
  1. a flowing back; ebb.

Origin of reflux

1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word refluxus.See re-, flux

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British Dictionary definitions for reflux

reflux

/ (ˈriːflʌks) /


verb
  1. chem to boil or be boiled in a vessel attached to a condenser, so that the vapour condenses and flows back into the vessel

noun
  1. chem

    • an act of refluxing

    • (as modifier): a reflux condenser

  2. the act or an instance of flowing back; ebb

Origin of reflux

1
C15: from Medieval Latin refluxus, from Latin refluere to flow back

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