reflux vs waning

reflux

noun
  • The backwards flow of any fluid. 

  • A technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period. 

  • The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus. 

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

  • To flow back or return. 

waning

noun
  • The fact or act of becoming less or less intense or present; fading. 

  • The fact or act of becoming smaller. 

adj
  • Becoming weaker or smaller. 

  • Of the lunar phase: as it shrinks when viewed from the Earth. 

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