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flux
- /flʌks/
Rhymes with -ʌks
Where it comes from
From Old French flux, from Latin fluxus (“flow”).
noun fluxes
- The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream. By […]the perpetual Flux of the Liquids, a great part of the Liquids is thrown out of the Body.
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A state of ongoing change.
The schedule is in flux at the moment.
Opposite: stasis
- A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding. It is important to use flux when soldering or oxides on the metal will prevent a good bond.
- The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity), especially an electric or magnetic field, through a given surface. That high a neutron flux would be lethal in seconds.
- A disease which causes diarrhea, especially dysentery. The next year vvas calamitous, bringing ſtrange fluxes upon men, and murren upon Cattel.
- Diarrhea or other fluid discharge from the body.
- The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.
verb fluxes · fluxing · fluxed
- To use flux on. You have to flux the joint before soldering.
- To melt.
- To flow as a liquid.
adjective
- Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable. The flux nature of all things here.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: flux density, magnetic field, magnetic flux, fluxion, flow, streaming, flowing, inflow, influx, outflow, fluidity, efflux, fluctuation, luminous, ebb, flood
Translations
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noun state of ongoing change
| Español | fluxión |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 多様性 tayōsei |
| Português | fluxo |
| Deutsch | Fluss |
| Italiano | flusso |
| Ελληνικά | ρευστότητα refstótita |
| Русский | изме́нчивость izménčivostʹ, постоянное движе́ние postojannoje dvižénije, разнообра́зие raznoobrázije, тече́ние tečénije |
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