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Definitions: Reflux |
RefluxNoun1. An abnormal backward flow of body fluids. 2. The outward flow of the tide. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "reflux" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1637. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Chemistry | To boil a liquid in a flask, with a condenser attached so that the vapour condenses and flows back into the flask, thus providing a means of keeping the liquid at its b. p. without loss of evaporation. (2). Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | The portion of the condensed vapours which are returned to the column of a still. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | The term used when liquid backs up into the esophagus from the stomach. (references) |
Mining | Distillate that is recycled into the top of a distillation column to control temperature. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | A part(if the top product is in the liquid state)or all(if the top product is in the vapour phase)of the condensed top vapour of a fractionating column, which is returned to the top of the column. The purpose is to create an extra downward flow of liquid; if properly applied this liquid acts as an absorbing agent for the relatively heavy components which are thus rejected from the top product. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A liquid reaction mixture is placed in a vessel open only at the top. This vessel is connected to a vertical condenser, such that any vapours given off are cooled back to liquid, and fall back into the reaction vessel. The vessel is then heated vigorously for the course of the reaction.
The advantage of this technique is that it can be left for a long period of time without the need to add more solvent or fear of the reaction vessel boiling dry. In addition as a given solvent will always boil at a certain temperature, you can be sure that the reaction will proceed at the same temperature; by careful choice of solvent, you can even control what that temperature is.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Reflux."
Synonym: RefluxSynonym: ebb (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Evolution | Alternation; coming and going; Verb: ebb and flow, flux and reflux, ups and down. |
Nonincrease, Decrease | Subsidence, wane, ebb, decline; ebbing; descent; decrement, reflux, depreciation; deterioration; anticlimax; mitigation; (moderation). |
Recoil | Noun: recoil; reaction, retroaction; revulsion; bounce, rebound, ricochet; repercussion, recalcitration; kick, contrecoup; springing back; Verb: elasticity; reflection, reflexion, reflex, reflux; reverberation; (resonance); rebuff, repulse; return. |
Regression | Refluence, reflux; backwater, regurgitation, ebb, return; resilience reflection, reflexion (recoil); flip-flop, volte-face. |
River | Body of water, torrent, rapids, flush, flood, swash; spring tide, high tide, full tide; bore, tidal bore, eagre, hygre; fresh, freshet; indraught, reflux, undercurrent, eddy, vortex, gurge, whirlpool, Maelstrom, regurgitation, overflow; confluence, corrivation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Clever | 1968: Acid Rock. 1998: Acid Reflux. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Le Reflux (1965) | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Gastroesophageal reflux disease (rarely). (references) | |
This also causes a reflux of urine to the kidneys. (references) | ||
Antibiotic therapy usually corrects reflux caused by infection. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Reflux" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Reflux" is used about 468 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 468 | 12,622 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "reflux": Bile Reflux ♦ circulating reflux ♦ Duodenogastric Reflux ♦ esophageal reflux ♦ flux and reflux ♦ Gastroesophageal Reflux ♦ Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease ♦ hepatojugular reflux ♦ induced reflux ♦ oesophageal reflux ♦ pumpback reflux ♦ reflux condenser ♦ reflux ratio ♦ to maintain under reflux conditions ♦ ureterorenal reflux ♦ vesicoureteral reflux ♦ Vesico-Ureteral Reflux. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "reflux": anti-reflux. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
acid reflux | 2,110 |
reflux | 467 |
symptom of acid reflux | 194 |
gastroesophageal reflux | 77 |
reflux infant | 61 |
reflux disease | 57 |
gastric reflux | 53 |
infant acid reflux | 48 |
kidney and reflux | 45 |
vesicoureteral reflux | 41 |
laryngopharyngeal reflux | 33 |
esophageal reflux | 33 |
acid baby reflux | 33 |
reflux esophagitis | 27 |
reflux in infant | 25 |
baby reflux | 25 |
acid baby in reflux | 25 |
bile reflux | 24 |
reflux in baby | 21 |
acid diet disease reflux | 21 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "reflux"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rrymë i prapshëm (refluence), zbaticë (ebb, Ebb tide). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | оттегляне (abandonment, adjournment, backdown, disengagement, recession, retirement, withdrawal), отлив (ebb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | '回. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | odtok (outfall, outlet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | refluks (backflow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | reflux (backflow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | refluksi (backflow), takaisinvuoto (backflow), takaisinvirtaus (backflow, back-jet currents, circulating reflux, induced reflux, pump back, pumpback reflux), palautus (backflow, circulating reflux, feedback, pump back, pumpback reflux, restoration, restoration procedure, run back). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | reflux (circulating reflux, pumpback reflux). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Reflux (backflow, Iffy theory), Rückfluss (backflow, feedback). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παλινδρόμηση (backflow, backlash, reciprocating, regression, retrogression, traversing), παλίνδρομο ρεύμα, επαναρροή μέσω αντλίας (backflow, circulating reflux, pump back, pumpback reflux), άμπωτη (ebb, ebb tide 1, low tide, low water, neap tide, refluence), ανάρρουσ (refluence), αναρροή. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | visszafolyás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | riflusso (backflow, backwash, ebb, ebb tide, falling tide, low tide), reflusso (backflow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 還流 (convection, return current). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | か"りゅう (cold current, convection, dry distillation, flowing through, main current, return current). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 퇴조. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | efluxray refluxo (backflow, ebb, ebb tide, recess, regeneration, return flow). (various references) отлив (ebb, ebb tide, ebb-tide, low tide, low water, refluence). (various references) refluks, oseka (Ebb tide), odliv (cast, drain, flowing). (various references) reflujo (backflow, ebb, ebb tide, falling tide, low tide, recession). (various references) internt återlopp (backflow, circulating reflux, pump back, pumpback reflux), avtagande (abatement, decline, decrease, decrement, decrescent, diminution, fall, letup, refluence, refluent, subsidies, wane), återflöde (induced reflux, regeneration, return flow). (various references) suların alçalması, cezir (ebb, low tide), çekilme (abdication, breakaway, cession, contraction, defection, low water, pull off, pull out, resignation, retirement, walkout, withdrawal). (various references) флегма (phlegm), відплив (ebb, refluence). (various references) sự chảy ngược triều xuống, dòng ngược. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "reflux": refluxed, refluxes, refluxing. (additional references) | |
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"Reflux" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Lefaux, reclu, reflew, reflus, reglue, relux, replug. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-l-r-u-x" | |
-2 letters: flex, flue, flux, fuel, furl, lure, luxe, rule. | |
-3 letters: elf, fer, feu, flu, fur, leu, lex, lux, ref, rex, rue. | |
-4 letters: ef, el, er, ex, re, xu. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-l-r-u-x" | |
+1 letter: flexure. | |
+2 letters: flexural, flexures, fourplex, refluxed, refluxes. | |
+3 letters: refluxing. | |
+4 letters: circumflex, fourplexes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 66 6C 75 78 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . ..-. .-.. ..- -..- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100110 01101100 01110101 01111000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e f l u x |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0066 006C 0075 0078 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)527172788790 |
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