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reflux

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REFLUX

n.[L. refluxus.] A flowing back; the returning of a fluid; as the flux and reflux of the tides; the flux and reflux of Euripus.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REFLUX

REFLUX Re "flux ` (r "flks `), a.

 

Defn: Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action.

 

REFLUX

Re "flux `, n. Etym: [F. reflux. See Refluent, Flux. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

reflux

re flux |ˈrēˌfləks ˈrifləks | ▶noun Chemistry the process of boiling a liquid in such a way that any vapor is liquefied and returned to the stock. • technical the flowing back of a liquid, esp. that of a fluid in the body. ▶verb [ no obj. ] Chemistry boil or cause to boil in circumstances such that the vapor returns to the stock of liquid after condensing. • technical (of a liquid, esp. a bodily fluid ) flow back.

 

Oxford Dictionary

reflux

reflux |ˈriːflʌks | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 Chemistry the process of boiling a liquid so that any vapour is liquefied and returned to the stock. 2 technical the flowing back of a liquid, especially that of a fluid in the body. ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] Chemistry boil or cause to boil in circumstances such that the vapour returns to the stock of liquid after condensing. 2 [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] technical (of a liquid, especially a bodily fluid ) flow back. ORIGIN Middle English: from re- and flux .

 

Duden Dictionary

Reflux

Re flux Substantiv, maskulin Medizin , der |Refl u x |der Reflux; Genitiv: des Refluxes lateinisch-mittellateinisch Rückfluss z. B. von Magensaft in die Speiseröhre

 

French Dictionary

reflux

reflux n. m. nom masculin Mouvement de la mer qui se retire à la marée descendante. ANTONYME flux . Prononciation Le x ne se prononce pas, [rəfly ] Note Orthographique reflu x.