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reflow

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noun

  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.

verb

  1. To flow back again.“The sea flows and reflows.”
  2. 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. (wordprocessing) To modify the layout of text around other objects in a document.

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