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reflux | x |

As a noun reflux

is the backwards flow of any fluid.

As a verb reflux

is to boil a liquid in a vessel having a reflux condenser.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

reflux

English

(wikipedia reflux)

Noun

(es)
  • the backwards flow of any fluid
  • * 1719-
    • ...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...
  • (chemistry) a technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period
  • (pathology) The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus

    • Derived terms

    * gastroesophageal reflux * nonreflux * reflux condenser * refluxate

    Verb

  • To boil a liquid in a vessel having a reflux condenser

    • x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----