FLUX

flux

(noun) in constant change; “his opinions are in flux”; “the newness and flux of the computer industry”

flux, fluxion

(noun) a flow or discharge

flux, state of flux

(noun) a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action; “the flux following the death of the emperor”

flux

(noun) excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea)

flux

(noun) a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed

flux

(noun) the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface

blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge

(verb) mix together different elements; “The colors blend well”

liquefy, flux, liquify

(verb) become liquid or fluid when heated; “the frozen fat liquefied”

flow, flux

(verb) move or progress freely as if in a stream; “The crowd flowed out of the stadium”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

flux (countable and uncountable, plural fluxes)

The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.

A state of ongoing change.

A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.

(physics) The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity) through a given surface, specifically electric flux, magnetic flux.

(archaic) A disease which causes diarrhea, especially dysentery.

(archaic) Diarrhea or other fluid discharge from the body.

The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.

Antonyms

• (state of ongoing change): stasis

Verb

flux (third-person singular simple present fluxes, present participle fluxing, simple past and past participle fluxed)

(transitive) To use flux on.

(transitive) To melt.

(intransitive) To flow as a liquid.

Adjective

flux (not comparable)

(uncommon) Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.

Source: Wiktionary

Flux, n. Etym: [L. fluxus, fr. fluere, fluxum,to flow: cf.F. flux. See Fluent, and cf. 1st & 2d Floss, Flush, n., 6.]

1. The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change. By the perpetual flux of the liquids, a great part of them is thrown out of the body. Arbuthnot. Her image has escaped the flux of things, And that same infant beauty that she wore Is fixed upon her now forevermore. Trench. Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux. Felton.

2. The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the (reflux.

3. The state of beinng liquid through heat; fusion.

4. (Chem.& Metal.)

Definition: Any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, lime, fluorite.

Note: White flux is the residuum of the combustion of a mixture of equal parts of niter and tartar. It consists chiefly of the carbonate of potassium, and is white.- Black flux is the ressiduum of the combustion of one part of niter and two of tartar, and consists essentially of a mixture of potassium carbonate and charcoal.

5. (Med.) (a) A fluid discharge from the bowels or other part; especially, an excessive and morbid discharge; as, the bloody flux or dysentery. See Bloody flux. (b) The matter thus discharged.

6. (Physics)

Definition: The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time.

Flux, a. Etym: [L. fluxus, p. p. of fluere. See Flux, n.]

Definition: Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable. The flux nature of all things here. Barrow.

Flux, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fluxed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fluxing.]

1. To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux. He might fashionably and genteelly . . . have been dueled or fluxed into another world. South.

2. To cause to become fluid; to fuse. Kirwan.

3. (Med.)

Definition: To cause a discharge from; to purge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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