different between backflow vs reflux

English

Etymology

back +? flow

Noun

backflow (countable and uncountable, plural backflows)

1. The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended.

Anagrams

• flowback

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?.fl?ks/

Noun

reflux (countable and uncountable, 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.
3. (pathology) The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

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

1. To flow back or return.

   the refluxing tide

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

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin refluxus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /r??fluks/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /re?fluks/

Noun

reflux m (plural refluxos)

1. ebb, ebb tide

   Synonym: marea sortint

2. reflux

Related terms

• refluir

Further reading

• “reflux” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.fly/

Noun

reflux m (uncountable)

1. ebb, ebb tide

   Antonym: flux

2. vicissitude
3. reflux

Romanian

Etymology

From French reflux.

Noun

reflux n (plural refluxuri)

1. reflux

Declension