flux /fluks/ noun- (an) act of flowing
- A flow of matter
- A state of flow or continuous change
- A discharge generally from a mucous membrane (medicine)
- Matter discharged
- Excrement (euphemistic)
- An easily fused substance, esp one added to another to make it more easily soldered
- The rate of flow of mass, volume or energy (physics)
transitive verb- To melt
- To apply flux to when soldering
intransitive verb- To flow
- To fuse
ORIGIN: OFr, from L fluxus, from fluere to flow fluxion /flukˈshən/ noun - A flowing or discharge
- Excessive flow of blood or fluid to any organ (medicine)
- A difference or variation
- The rate of change of a continuously varying quantity (mathematics)
- (in pl) the name given by Newton to that branch of mathematics which with a different notation (developed by Leibniz) is known as differential and integral calculus
fluxˈional or fluxˈionary adjective (archaic) - Variable
- Inconstant
fluxˈionist noun A person skilled in fluxions fluxˈive adjective (Shakespeare) Flowing with tears flux density noun (physics) The number of photons (or particles) passing through a unit area normal to a beam, or the energy of the radiation passing through this area in a state of flux In an unsettled, undetermined state |