Flux

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A flow or flowing of a liquid.
  • noun. The flowing in of the tide.
  • noun. A continuing movement, especially in large numbers of things.
  • noun. Constant or frequent change; fluctuation.
  • noun. The discharge of large quantities of fluid material from the body, especially the discharge of watery feces from the intestines.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The rate of flow of fluid, particles, or energy through a given surface.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The lines of force of an electric or magnetic field.
  • noun. A substance that aids, induces, or otherwise actively participates in fusing or flowing, as.
  • noun. A substance applied to a surface to be joined by welding, soldering, or brazing to facilitate the flowing of solder and prevent formation of oxides.
  • noun. A mineral added to the metals in a furnace to promote fusing or to prevent the formation of oxides.
  • noun. An additive that improves the flow of plastics during fabrication.
  • noun. A readily fusible glass or enamel used as a base in ceramic work.
  • intransitive verb. To melt; fuse.
  • intransitive verb. To apply a flux to.
  • intransitive verb. To become fluid.
  • intransitive verb. To flow; stream.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To flood; overflow.
  • In medicine, to cause a flux or evacuation from; salivate; purge.
  • To clear or clean out by or as if by an evacuation; relieve by purging, literally or figuratively.
  • To melt; fuse; make fluid.
  • To flow or change.
  • noun. Continuous motion.
  • noun. In enameling, a colorless vitreous base, composed of silica mixed with minium or red lead and potash or carbonate of soda. See fondant, 2.
  • noun. In botany, the slimy exudation from wounds in the bark of various trees.
  • noun. The act of flowing; a flowing, as of a fluid; flow in general, but now most commonly an occasional flow; an outpouring or effusion of anything.
  • noun. Hence Continual change; the mode of being of that which is instantaneous, ceasing to exist as soon as it begins to exist.
  • noun. In pathology, a morbid or abnormal issue or discharge of matter, as blood, mucus, or pus, from any mucous surface of the internal vessels or viscera: as, the bloody flux (dysentery).
  • noun. Matter which is discharged in a flux; defluxion; excrement.
  • noun. A flowing together; concourse; confluence.
  • noun. Fusion; conversion to a liquid state by the operation of heat.
  • noun. In metallurgy, any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalis, borax, tartar, and other saline matter, or, in large operations, limestone or fluor-spar.
  • noun. In mathematics, a vector which is referred to a unit of area.
  • Flowing; changing; inconstant; variable.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.
  • noun. The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.
  • noun. The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the reflux.
  • noun. The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.
  • noun. Any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, lime, fluorite.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A fluid discharge from the bowels or other part; especially, an excessive and morbid discharge. See Bloody flux.
  • noun. The matter thus discharged.
  • noun. The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time.
  • transitive verb. To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux.
  • transitive verb. To cause to become fluid; to fuse.
  • transitive verb. To cause a discharge from; to purge.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A state of ongoing change.
  • noun. A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.
  • Word Usage
    "And, my flux is also my trip to Paris, a week from tomorrow."
    Form
    fluxlike  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    change  denseness  density  flow  flowing  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bucks  Canucks  Crux  Luks  Tux  
    Same Context
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    variant
    verb-form
    fluxed  fluxes  fluxing