FLUXIONS
Verb
fluxions
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluxion
Noun
fluxions
plural of fluxion
Noun
fluxions
(obsolete, mathematics) differential calculus
Source: Wiktionary
Flux"ions, n. pl. (Math.)
Definition: See Fluxion, 6(b).
FLUXION
Flux"ion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fluxion.]
Definition: The act of flowing. Cotgrave.
2. The matter that flows. Wiseman.
3. Fusion; the running of metals into a fluid state.
4. (Med.)
Definition: An unnatural or excessive flow of blood or fluid toward any
organ; a determination.
5. A constantly varying indication.
Less to be counted than the fluxions of sun dials. De Quincey.
6. (Math.)
(a) The infinitely small increase or decrease of a variable or
flowing quantity in a certain infinitely small and constant period of
time; the rate of variation of a fluent; an incerement; a
differential. (b) pl.
Definition: A method of analysis developed by Newton, and based on the
conception of all magnitudes as generated by motion, and involving in
their changes the notion of velocity or rate of change. Its results
are the same as those of the differential and integral calculus, from
which it differs little except in notation and logical method.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition