Dictionary

reflow en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English flow English reflow From re- + flow.

Meanings

1. A flowing back again.
   • the flow and reflow of the tide
2. The process of recreating the layout of a document when some of its component elements have changed.

Forms

reflow en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English flow English reflow From re- + flow.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To flow back again; to flow once more.
   • 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. 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XX, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 257:
   • The sea flows and reflows.
2. (transitive) To cause to flow again, to remelt.
   • 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. (transitive) To modify the layout of text around other objects in a document.
   • The latter option will reflow text to even out the spacing within each paragraph. 2008, Trish Meyer, Chris Meyer, Creating motion graphics with After Effects:

Forms

Deriveds

reflowable