Reflow
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Reflow is a verb meaning (intransitive) To flow back again; to flow once more.
Meaning
(intransitive) To flow back again; to flow once more.
More Meanings
- (transitive, chiefly engineering) To cause to flow again, to remelt.
- (transitive, computing, wordprocessing) To modify the layout of text around other objects in a document.
- A flowing back again.
- (computing) The process of recreating the layout of a document when some of its component elements have changed.
Example Sentences
The sea flows and reflows.
the flow and reflow of the tide
The latter option will reflow text to even out the spacing within each paragraph.
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.
Word Forms
- reflows
- reflowing
- reflowed
Related Words
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