flux

Meanings

Noun

  • 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.
  • The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity) through a given surface, specifically electric flux, magnetic flux.
  • A disease which causes diarrhea, especially dysentery.
  • Diarrhea or other fluid discharge from the body.
  • The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.

Verb

  • To use flux on.
  • To melt.
  • To flow as a liquid.

Adjective

  • Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.

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Origin

  • From Old French flux, from Latin fluxus.

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