reflux vs weakening

reflux

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

  • To flow back or return. 

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

  • The backwards flow of any fluid. 

  • The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus. 

weakening

noun
  • A structural principle of mathematical logic that states that the hypotheses of any derived fact may be freely extended with additional assumptions. 

  • An instance or process of loss of strength. 

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