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What is another word for flux and reflux?

Pronunciation: [flˈʌks and ɹˈiːflʌks] (IPA)

The words flux and reflux have different meanings, however, there are several synonyms which can be used interchangeably with the words. Some synonyms for flux could be flow, change, fluctuation, or transition. The word reflux could be substituted with ebb, movement backward, or retreat. Both words are often used in conversations about liquid or gas movements, but they can also be applied to other contexts such as politics, economics or health. It is important to note that while these words may have similar meanings, they should be used considering the specific context in which they are being used.
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  • [N]ot only must we seek the measure of motions and actions by themselves, but much more in comparison; for this is of excellent use and very general application. Now we find that the flash of a gun is seen sooner than its report is heard... and this is owing it seems to the motion of light being more rapid than that of sound. We find to that visible images are received by the sight faster than they are dismissed; thus the strings of the violin, when struck by the finger, are to appearance doubled and tripled, because the new image is received before the old one is gone; which is also why the reason why rings being spun round look like globes, and a lighted torch, carried hastily at night, seems to have a tail. And it was upon this inequality of motions in point of velocity that Galileo built his theory of flux and reflux of the sea; supposing that the earth revolved faster than the water could follow; and that the water was therefore first gathered in a heap and then fell down, as we see in a basin of water moved quickly. But this he devised upon an assumption which cannot be allowed, viz. that the earth moves; and also without being well informed as to the sexhorary motion of the tide.
    Francis Bacon

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