"flox" meaning in English

See flox in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /flɔks/ [General-American], /flɒks/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flox.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Blend of fluorine + liquid oxygen Etymology templates: {{blend|en|fluorine|liquid oxygen}} Blend of fluorine + liquid oxygen Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} flox (uncountable)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Flox Tags: alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: Flox Categories (topical): Rocketry
    Sense id: en-flox-en-noun-NRff3tN8 Disambiguation of Rocketry: 45 23 31 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English blends: 71 14 16 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 46 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 55 27 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /flɔks/ [General-American], /flɒks/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flox.wav [Southern-England] Forms: floxes [present, singular, third-person], floxing [participle, present], floxed [participle, past], floxed [past]
Etymology: Abbreviation of "flanked by loxP" Head templates: {{en-verb}} flox (third-person singular simple present floxes, present participle floxing, simple past and past participle floxed)
  1. (molecular biology) To sandwich a DNA sequence between two recombinase binding sequences such as "loxP". Categories (topical): Molecular biology Related terms: Quinolone antibiotic on Wikipedia. for the nickname for severe reactions to quinolone antibiotics. (english: floxed)
    Sense id: en-flox-en-verb-czx0H7a6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 46 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /flɔks/ [General-American], /flɒks/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flox.wav [Southern-England] Forms: floxes [present, singular, third-person], floxing [participle, present], floxed [participle, past], floxed [past]
Etymology: Blend of fluorine + liquid oxygen Etymology templates: {{blend|en|fluorine|liquid oxygen}} Blend of fluorine + liquid oxygen Head templates: {{en-verb}} flox (third-person singular simple present floxes, present participle floxing, simple past and past participle floxed)
  1. (astronautics, transitive, dated) To add fluorine to liquid-oxygen rocket fuel. Tags: dated, transitive Categories (topical): Astronautics, Fluorine Related terms: lox, flox silk
    Sense id: en-flox-en-verb-2k3E3Cz9 Disambiguation of Fluorine: 28 23 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 46 16 Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/32/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-flox.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-flox.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/32/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-flox.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-flox.wav.ogg",
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}

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