flux
flux definition
flux (fluks)
noun
- a flowing or flow
- the rate of flow of water, as the tide or current, through a defined area
- a continuous movement or continual change fashion is always in a state of flux
- any excessive or unnatural discharge of fluid body matter, esp. from the bowels
- a substance, as borax or rosin, used to help metals fuse together by preventing oxidation, as in soldering
- in metallurgy, a substance added to metals while they are in a furnace, to remove impurities, promote fusing, etc., as a non-metallic material added to a furnace charge that has the ability to fuse with undesired matter and form a liquid slag that can run off more easily
- Physics the rate of flow of energy, fluids, etc. across a surface
Etymology: ME < OFr < L fluxus, a flowing, flow < pp. of fluere, to flow: see fluctuate
transitive verb
- to make (a solid) melt
- to fuse (metals) by melting
intransitive verb
Archaic to flow or stream out
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