reflown.
/ˈriːfləʊ/, U.S. /ˈriˌfloʊ/ 1. Originally: the ebb of the tide. Later also more widely: flowing back, reflux, return of circulation; an instance of this.
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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > [noun] > ebbing or flowing out
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1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 37 By the reflow or ebbe of the Ocean.
1725 T. Badeslade Hist. Anc. & Present State Navigation Port of King's-Lyn ii. 13 Of late Years several Persons..have built Floodgates to stop the Flow and Reflow of the Tide up the River Rother, and thereby the said Harbour [sc. at Rye in Sussex] grows worse every Year.
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §197 This matter..would in time block up the Humber, was it not for the powerful re-flow of that river's tide.
1831 H. T. De la Beche Geol. Man. ii. 127 A quick flow or reflow of the water.
1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) §136. 47 The grand equatorial flow and reflow which is performed by the waters of all the great oceans.
1876 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. (new ed.) III. 2188/2 Sink-trap,..a trap for a kitchen sink, so constructed as to allow water to pass down, but not allow reflow of air or gases.
1907 J. W. Clarke Hydraul. Rams (ed. 2) xvi. 94 When the reflow of the drive-water takes place, the diaphragm..is drawn downwards, and leaves a vacuum.
1959 Jrnl. Pathol. & Bacteriol. 78 105 (title) Renal ischaemia with failed reflow.
1987 S. Afr. Panorama Nov. 38/3 The original spring where water was obtained, has been located, excavated and turned into a gully to assure the free reflow of water.
2006 NeuroRX 3 460/2 Infused i.v. for 3 hours beginning at the onset of reflow, [it] reduced infarct volume by 40%, and improved neurological outcome at 1 week.
2. In extended use. Cf. flow n.1 3a.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > [noun] > continuous succession > a continuous series or course > a continuous flow of something immaterial
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1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xxviii. §4. 638 These were the posteritie of Gomer, who peopled the greatest part of our Westerne World; and whose reflow did ouerwhelme no small portion of Greece and Asia.
a1695 J. Scott Sermons (1704) x. 423 While we live here we are in a continual flow and reflow of things, at ease this moment, in pain the next.
1773 R. Jones Io-Triads 37 Religion, a return or reflow of the high light in intelligence, animation and vegetation to the author of nature.
1864 N.Y. Times 28 Apr. 8/1 When the reflow comes, and this dread alliance is changed for the tramp of men, we will still be holding on.
1877 J. F. Rusling Great West & Pacific Coast 317 Let us do justice, even to the poorest and humblest of God's children..and we shall soon check the re-flow to the Flowery Kingdom.
1969 Daily Tel. 4 Sept. 1/4 The re-flow of funds into London after the wave of speculation which followed devaluation was not as large as the initial outflow.
1998 Econ. Policy 13 267 These are, of course, only reported outflows, and do not take into account either reflows back into the USA..or unreported outflows.
3. Electronics and Manufacturing Technology. Re-melting; spec. a method of soldering in which components are held in position on a circuit board using a solder paste which melts when the circuit board is heated, fixing the components as it resolidifies; (also) an instance of this.
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1943 Sci. News Let. 9 Jan. 25/3 Production is speeded by the unit, permitting reflow of tinplate strip on production lines at the rate of 500 feet per minute.
1992 RS Components: Electronic & Electr. Products July 970/1 The RS system features a pulse heat power output which provides controlled temperature ramp-up to solder reflow and rapid cool down.
2000 Science 22 Dec. 2269/2 After the chip is placed on the substrate, the assembly is subjected to ‘solder reflow’, a heating cycle that melts the solder bump.
4. Computing. With modifying word. The process of reformatting text, etc., by reflowing (reflow v. 4); an instance of this; (also) a feature on a word processor, computer, etc., that performs this operation.
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society > computing and information technology > data > [noun] > format > formatting > again
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1990 PR Newswire (Nexis) 12 Oct. While easy to learn for beginners, the new program features many advanced desktop publishing capabilities, including ‘dynamic text reflow’.
1993 Seybold Rep. on Desktop Publishing 6 Jan. 21/1 You can also elect to suppress Quark's display of page reflow during text import.
2001 H. Henke Electronic Bks. & ePublishing 194 Often text reflow is associated with the ability of a book to be displayed on a handheld device as well as on a laptop or a workstation.
2004 R. M. Heiberger & B. Holland Statist. Anal. & Data Display 625 The most critical features are the font and the paragraph reflow.
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attributive in sense 3.
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1959 U.S. Patent No. 2,895,888 2/2 The strip thence passes through a reflow tower comprising a furnace or resistive heating apparatus wherein applied heat causes the plating to flow or melt on the surface of the strip, producing a bright finish and nonporous coating.
1989 P. Horowitz & W. Hill Art of Electronics (ed. 2) xii. 834/1 At this point it is important to carry out a step known as ‘reflow soldering’, which consists of heating the board to make the thin solder plating flow.
2004 Irish Times (Nexis) 5 Feb. 15 The melting point of the lead-free solder is higher than that of the traditional solder. This means that the temperature at which the reflow process is carried out must also be higher.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
reflowv.
/riːˈfləʊ/, U.S. /ˌriˈfloʊ/ 1.
a. intransitive. To flow back; esp. (of the sea, tide, waters) to ebb. Frequently in to flow and reflow. Now rare.In quot. a1880 apparently: to flow landwards again.
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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > types of tide [verb (intransitive)] > ebb
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1429 in W. G. Benham Red Paper Bk. Colchester (1902) 54 (MED) Betwyx wich lordshipe and the towne of Colchestre is a ryver that floweth and refloweth.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 425 There is lytelle welle..whiche dothe not floo and refloo in the maner of a see, but otherwhile water habundethe there.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. vi. f. 119 They see the seas by increase and decrease, to flowe and reflowe.
1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks iv. 71 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks At creekes reflowing, past the which the water cannot go.
?a1645 W. Browne in Whole Wks. i. 133 Isis the glory of the Westerne world…Why doe not now Her waues reflow?
1675 E. Sherburne tr. M. Manilius Sphere 23 But as the Air mov'd in a Circle goes, And on it self, whence first it flow'd, reflows.
1776 J. Burrow Rep. Court King's Bench 4 2163 It is said that the king has a right, as high as the sea flows and reflows.
a1790 W. Elstobb Hist. Acct. Bedford Level (1793) 270 It..describes the manner in which the tides and ebbs operate upon the marshes, over which they flow and reflow.
1810 G. Crabbe Borough i. 11 The Billows..strike with furious force, And then re-flowing, take their grating course.
a1880 J. Brougham Message from Sea (1883) ii. iv Cannot the time be brought back? The tide that has ebbed reflows.
1917 Virginia Law Rev. 4 593 If the sea overflowed land and later reflowed again the land still belonged to the original owner..although it remained submerged forty years.
a1950 W. R. Benét Spirit of Scene (1951) 11 The corpse of the floor of ocean laid bare with ebb to the sight knows not, nor the neap reflowing filled with no voice of his own.
1998 Internat. Angiol. 17 49 We evaluated the levels of the inhibitor of elastase..in the blood reflowing from affected superficial veins of legs both at rest and after prolonged venous stasis.
b. intransitive. In extended use.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > return towards point of departure > flow back
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1609 J. Davies Holy Roode Ded. sig. A2 Those [pleasures] will runne to Helles impure; While these to Eden faire reflow againe.
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila xii. xl. 224 The golden Age, like Jordans Stream, does here reflow.
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 15 As al Creatures flow and reflow to God, as the Ocean or plenitude of al Being.
1721 R. Keith tr. Thomas à Kempis Soliloquy of Soul xii, in tr. Thomas à Kempis Select Pieces II. 197 My Affection floweth and refloweth here and there and every where.
1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV xcii. 49 And blood of earth flow on as they have flow'd, An universal deluge, which..ebbs but to reflow.
1864 Ladies' Repository May 309 Words are channels through which the thoughts and feelings of men are interchanged, and souls flow and reflow into each other.
1920 H. R. Wallace How to Enter Silence i. 37 These three aspects of consciousness have no abrupt divisions but flow and reflow into each other.
1991 Guardian (Nexis) 24 Oct. (Books) It's impossible for a character like that,..who is looking at other characters, not to see that they themselves knowingly or unknowingly are flowing and reflowing, forming and reforming.
2. intransitive. Of fluids: to flow again. Also: (of a fusible substance) to become fluid again. Also figurative and in figurative contexts (chiefly poetic).
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > flow [verb (intransitive)] > again
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1791 W. Blake French Revol. in Compl. Writings (1972) i. 16 A faint heat from their fires reviv'd the cold Louvre; the frozen blood reflow'd.
1819 Ld. Byron Mazeppa xiv. 574 Life reassumed its lingering hold..My blood reflow'd, though thick and chill.
1823 G. Crabb Woman i, in Universal Technol. Dict. She..bids the spring of hope re-flow That languish'd in the fainting heart.
1882 G. H. Calvert Life, Death & Other Poems 93 Again the sap reflows, and floods The earth with leafy green.
1922 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 27 Apr. 10/1 A slashing blow to the nose and mouth started the red aflowing which was kept reflowing during the remaining rounds of the fight.
2000 Science 7 Apr. 114/1 When baked at 200°C for 30 min, the photoresist reflows and the inverse channels become rounded.
3. transitive. Chiefly Electronics and Manufacturing Technology. To melt (a substance, esp. solder paste) again; cf. reflow n. 3.
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the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of melting > melt [verb (transitive)] > again
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1946 Sci. Monthly Dec. p. xi/2 (advt.) Westinghouse research engineers pioneered induction heating equipment for reflowing tin on electrolytic tin plate.
1966 J. M. Doyle Thin-film & Semiconductor Integrated Circuitry iv. 180 Subsequently, the balls on the diced chips are bonded to the circuit substrates by reflowing a solder coating on the screen-printed conductors.
1995 Technometrics 37 2/1 The board then passes through a long oven, which heats it to a temperature that reflows the solder paste.
4. Computing.
a. intransitive. Of electronic text, images, etc., or of an electronic document: to undergo reformatting (of font size, spacing, etc.) to a uniform style, esp. automatically as changes are made; (also) to change in size or layout so as to fit the display screen.
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1986 InfoWorld 16 June 50/4 Edited text also reflows to adjust for the change in your copy.
1993 Macworld Dec. 112/3 Consistent character widths ensure that a document does not reflow when it changes platforms.
2001 N. Barber & D. Teynolds Office 2001 for Macintosh iv. 144 Manual hyphenation doesn't add or remove hyphens automatically as your text reflows during editing.
2008 Bookseller (Nexis) May 26 Pdfs are less effective for e-book readers because they are designed to show standard paper sizes and thus cannot reflow to different screen sizes.
b. transitive. Of a person or of computer software: to reformat (text or a document) into a uniform style, esp. automatically; (also) to change (the size or layout of a text or document) to fit the display screen.
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1987 InfoWorld 2 Mar. 44 (caption) Then you reflow text over the remaining area, leaving out the marked regions.
1989 Business Wire (Nexis) 28 Aug. ImagePress automatically ‘reflows’ text from page to page and around graphics and images, as changes are made.
2007 T. Padova Adobe Acrobat 8 PDF Bible 97 When you reflow text onscreen or when using other devices, the text in the PDF wraps according to the zoom level of the page.
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