Reflow

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A flowing back again.

    "the flow and reflow of the tide"

  2. 2
    The process of recreating the layout of a document when some of its component elements have changed.
Verb
  1. 1
    To flow back again; to flow once more. intransitive

    "The sea flows and reflows."

  2. 2
    To cause to flow again, to remelt. transitive

    "Reflowing solder is a common form of rework in the manufacture of printed circuit boards: you heat up the solder and it flows where it should have flowed the first time."

  3. 3
    To modify the layout of text around other objects in a document. transitive

    "The latter option will reflow text to even out the spacing within each paragraph."

Example

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"Such an act, you may conceive, had its due weight upon my feelings; but, alas! though it reminded me of the loss I had sustained, and caused my tears to reflow, the remains of my departed husband were not there,—they were left upon a foreign shore."

Etymology

From re- + flow.

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