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Definition of Flux

Flux
Flux Flux, a. [L. fluxus, p. p. of fluere. See Flux, n.] Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable. The flux nature of all things here. --Barrow.
Flux
Flux Flux (fl[u^]ks), n. [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 ebb being called the reflux. 3. The state of being liquid through heat; fusion. 4. (Chem. & Metal.) 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) The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time.
Flux
Flux Flux, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fluxed (fl[u^]kst); 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.) To cause a discharge from; to purge.

Meaning of Flux from wikipedia

- Flux describes any effect that appears to p**** or travel (whether it actually moves or not) through a surface or substance. Flux is a concept in applied...
- In physics, specifically electromagnetism, the magnetic flux through a surface is the surface integral of the normal component of the magnetic field B...
- John Malloy, known professionally as FLuX, is an American contemporary artist, illustrator, and author. His first graphic novel, Amnesia, is about the...
- Æon Flux is a 2005 American science fiction action film based on the animated science fiction action television series of the same name created by Peter...
- Æon Flux /ˌiːɒn ˈflʌks/ is an American avant-garde science fiction adventure animated television series that aired on MTV from November 30, 1991, until...
- radiometry, radiant flux or radiant power is the radiant energy emitted, reflected, transmitted, or received per unit time, and spectral flux or spectral power...
- Look up flux in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Flux is a rate of flow through a surface or substance in physics, and has a related meaning in applied...
- In physics and engineering, heat flux or thermal flux, sometimes also referred to as heat flux density, heat-flow density or heat-flow rate intensity...
- The neutron flux is a scalar quantity used in nuclear physics and nuclear reactor physics. It is the total distance travelled by all free neutrons per...
- In metallurgy, a flux (from Latin fluxus 'flow') is a chemical cleaning agent, flowing agent, or purifying agent. Fluxes may have more than one function...