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deflux

deflux noun: downward flow.

Noun

deflux (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) downward flow
    • The cause is a temperate conglutination ; for both bodies are clammy and viscous , and do bridle the deflux of humours to the hurts , without penning them in too much1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for...
    • By the first deflux the ridges of the waves will dilate themselves this way and that way, and be propagated towards KL and NO. And because the motion of the waves from A towards PQ is carried on by a continual deflux from the ridges of the waves into the hollows next to them, and therefore cannot...1846, Isaac Newton, translated by Andrew Motte, The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Mathematical_Principles_of_Natural_Philosophy_(1846)/BookII-VIII)

Origin of deflux

From Latin defluxus, from defluere, defluxum.

Questions about deflux

What does deflux mean?
Deflux means downward flow.
What part of speech is deflux?
Deflux is a noun.

Words near deflux in the dictionary

  1. defluorinates
  2. defluorinating
  3. defluorination
  4. defluorinative
  5. defluous
  6. deflux
  7. defluxion
  8. defluxions
  9. defly
  10. defn
  11. defns

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