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Flux Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Flux?
[n] in constant change; "his opinions are in flux"
[n] (physics) the number of flux changes per unit area [n] a flow or discharge [n] the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle [n] excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea) [n] a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed [n] the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface [v] mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"; "fuse the clutter of detail into a rich narrative"--A. Schlesinger [v] become liquid or fluid; of a solid substance, when heated; "the frozen fat liquefied" [v] move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium" Synonyms | Synonyms for Flux: blend | coalesce | combine | commingle | conflate | flow | flux density | fluxion | fuse | immix | liquefy | liquify | magnetic field | magnetic flux | meld | merge | mix Related Terms | Find terms related to Flux: abscess | add | advance | affluence | afflux | affluxion | ague | amalgamate | anemia | angular motion | ankylosis | anoxia | anticoagulant | apnea | ASA scale | ascending | ascent | asphyxiation | assimilate | asthma | ataxia | atrophy | axial motion | backache | backflowing | backing | backward motion | bandage | bathe | bleeding | blend | blennorhea | bloody flux | BM | bougie decimale | bowel movement | British candle | Brownian movement | cachexia | cachexy | candle | candle lumen | candle power | candle-foot | candle-hour | candle-meter | cardialgia | care 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admix | alloy | blend in | change | change integrity | chemical | cockle | compactness | concentration | condense | conjugate | denseness | density | distil | distill | field | field of force | flow | flowing | force field | magnetosphere | melt | mix in | mix up | move | neutron flux | pathology | radiant flux | rate | riffle | ripple | ruffle | sluice | solar magnetic field | soldering flux | stump | syncretise | syncretize | thaw | transpirate | transpire | undulate | unfreeze | unthaw Flux In Webster's Dictionary \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\, a. [L. fluxus, p. p. of fluere. See {Flux}, n.] Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable. The flux nature of all things here. --Barrow. \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. |
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