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Definitions for Flux

[1] a flowing or flow.
[2] the flowing in of the tide.
[3] continuous change, passage, or movement: His political views are in a state of flux.
[4] Physics . the rate of flow of fluid, particles, or energy. a quantity expressing the strength of a field of force in a given area.
[5] Chemistry , Metallurgy . a substance used to refine metals by combining with impurities to form a molten mixture that can be readily removed. a substance used to remove oxides from and prevent further oxidation of fused metal, as in soldering or hot-dip coating. (in the refining of scrap or other metal) a salt or mixture of salts that combines with nonmetallic impurities, causing them to float or coagulate.
[6] fusion.
[7] to melt; make fluid.
[8] to fuse by the use of flux.
[9] Obsolete . to purge.
[10] to flow.
[11] a flow or discharge
[12] continuous change; instability
[13] a substance, such as borax or salt, that gives a low melting-point mixture with a metal oxide. It is used for cleaning metal surfaces during soldering, etc, and for protecting the surfaces of liquid metals
[14] metallurgy a chemical used to increase the fluidity of refining slags in order to promote the rate of chemical reaction
[15] a similar substance used in the making of glass
[16] physics the rate of flow of particles, energy, or a fluid, through a specified area, such as that of neutrons (neutron flux ) or of light energy (luminous flux ) the strength of a field in a given area expressed as the product of the area and the component of the field strength at right angles to the area magnetic flux ; electric flux
[17] pathol an excessive discharge of fluid from the body, such as watery faeces in diarrhoea
[18] the act or process of melting; fusion
[19] (in the philosophy of Heraclitus) the state of constant change in which all things exist
[20] to make or become fluid
[21] (tr) to apply flux to (a metal, soldered joint, etc)
[22] (tr) an obsolete word for purge

Words related to Flux

fluidity, fluctuation, transition, flow, alteration, motion, unrest, mutation, modification, instability, change, mutability

Words nearby Flux

fluvial, fluviatile, fluviomarine, fluvioterrestrial, fluvoxamine, flux, flux density, flux gate, flux linkage, fluxion, fluxionary hyperemia

Origin of Flux

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin fluxus a flowing, equivalent to fluc-, variant stem of fluere to flow + -tus suffix of v. action, with ct > x

Other words from Flux

non·flux , noun
su·per·flux , noun
trans·flux , noun

Word origin for Flux

C14: from Latin fluxus a flow, from fluere to flow

Synonyms for Flux

alteration, change, flow, fluctuation, fluidity, instability, modification, motion, mutability, mutation, transition, unrest