'Flux' definitions:

Definition of 'flux'

(from WordNet)
noun
The rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface
noun
A flow or discharge [syn: flux, fluxion]
noun
A substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed
noun
Excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea)
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" [syn: flux, state of flux]
noun
The lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle [syn: magnetic field, magnetic flux, flux]
noun
(physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area [syn: flux density, flux]
noun
In constant change; "his opinions are in flux"; "the newness and flux of the computer industry"
verb
Move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium" [syn: flow, flux]
verb
Become liquid or fluid when heated; "the frozen fat liquefied" [syn: liquefy, flux, liquify]
verb
Mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]

Definition of 'Flux'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • By the perpetual flux of the liquids, a great part of them is thrown out of the body. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
  • Her image has escaped the flux of things, And that same infant beauty that she wore Is fixed upon her now forevermore. --Trench. [1913 Webster]
  • Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux. --Felton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the reflux. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The state of being liquid through heat; fusion. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Chem. & Metal.) Any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, lime, fluorite. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Physics) The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Flux'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • He might fashionably and genteelly . . . have been dueled or fluxed into another world. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To cause to become fluid; to fuse. --Kirwan. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Med.) To cause a discharge from; to purge. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Flux'

From: GCIDE
  • Flux \Flux\, a. [L. fluxus, p. p. of fluere. See Flux, n.] Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable. [1913 Webster]
  • The flux nature of all things here. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]

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