Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reflux"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reflux \Re"flux`\ (r?"fl?ks`), a.
Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reflux \Re"flux`\, n. [F. reflux. See {Refluent}, {Flux}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
reflux
n 1: an abnormal backward flow of body fluids
2: the outward flow of the tide [syn: {ebb}]
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