Flux

Pronunciation

• IPA: /flÊŒks/
• Rhymes: -ÊŒks

Origin

From Old French flux, from Latin fluxus ("flow").

Full definition of flux

Noun

1. The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.
• ArbuthnotBy the perpetual flux of the liquids, a great part of them is thrown out of the body.
2. A state of ongoing change.The schedule is in flux at the moment.
• TrenchHer image has escaped the flux of things,
  And that same infant beauty that she wore
  Is fixed upon her now forevermore.
• FeltonLanguages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux.
3. 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.
4. (physics) The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity) through a given surface, specifically electric flux, magnetic flux.That high a neutron flux would be lethal in seconds.
5. (archaic) A disease which causes diarrhea, especially dysentery.
6. (archaic) diarrhea or other fluid discharge from the body
7. The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.

Antonyms

• (state of ongoing change) stasis

Derived terms

• black flux
• fluxlike
• white flux

Verb

1. To use flux.You have to flux the joint before soldering.
2. To melt.
3. To flow as a liquid.

Adjective

1. Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.
• BarrowThe flux nature of all things here.----