REFLUXING

Verb

refluxing

present participle of reflux

Noun

refluxing (plural refluxings)

An act of boiling with a reflux condenser.

Source: Wiktionary


REFLUX

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

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

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

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ERASE

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