reflux

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Noun

reflux (plural refluxes)

1. the backwards flow of any fluid
   • 1719- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

     ...after a little way out to sea, there was a current and wind, always one way in the morning, the other in the afternoon. This I understood to be no more than the sets of the tide, as going out or coming in; but I afterwards understood it was occasioned by the great draft and reflux of the mighty river Orinoco...

2. (chemistry) a technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period

Derived terms

• gastroesophageal reflux
• nonreflux
• reflux condenser

Translations

backwards flow of any fluid

Finnish: takaisinvirtaus (fi) French: reflux (fr) m.

Icelandic: bakflæði (is) n.

technique using a reflux condenser

French: reflux (fr) m.

Korean: 환류 (hwallyu)

Verb

reflux (third-person singular simple present refluxes, present participle refluxing, simple past and past participle refluxed)

1. To boil a liquid in a vessel having a reflux condenser