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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLUX, n. [L. fluxus, fluo, fluxi.]
1. The act of flowing; the motion or passing of a fluid.
2. The moving or passing of any thing in continued succession. Things in this life, are in a continual flux.
3. Any flow or issue of matter. In medicine, an extraordinary issue or evacuation from the bowels or other part; as the bloody flux or dysentery, hepatic flux, etc.
4. In hydrography, the flow of the tide. The ebb is called reflux.
5. In metallurgy, any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, tartar and other saline matter, or in large operations limestone or fluor. Alkaline fluxes are either the crude, the white or the black flux.
6. Fusion; a liquid state from the operation of heat.
7. That which flows or is discharged.
8. Concourse; confluence. [Little used.]
FLUX, a. Flowing; moving; maintained by a constant succession of parts; inconstant; variable. [Not well authorized.]
FLUX, v.t.
1. To melt; to fuse; to make fluid.
One part of mineral alkali will flux two of siliceous earth with effervescence.
2. To salivate. [Little used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface
2: a flow or discharge [syn: flux, fluxion]
3: a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed
4: excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea)
5: a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action; "the flux following the death of the emperor" [syn: flux, state of flux]
6: the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle [syn: magnetic field, magnetic flux, flux]
7: (physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area [syn: flux density, flux]
8: in constant change; "his opinions are in flux"; "the newness and flux of the computer industry" v
1: move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium" [syn: flow, flux]
2: become liquid or fluid when heated; "the frozen fat liquefied" [syn: liquefy, flux, liquify]
3: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin fluxus, from Latin, flow, from fluere to flow — more at fluid Date: 14th century 1. a flowing of fluid from the body: as a. diarrhea b. dysentery 2. a continuous moving on or passing by (as of a stream) 3. a continued flow ; flood 4. a. influx b. change, fluctuation <in a state of flux> 5. a substance used to promote fusion (as of metals or minerals); especially one (as rosin) applied to surfaces to be joined by soldering, brazing, or welding to clean and free them from oxide and promote their union 6. the rate of transfer of fluid, particles, or energy across a given surface II. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to cause to become fluid 2. to treat with a flux intransitive verb to become fluid ; fuse

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a process of flowing or flowing out. 2 an issue or discharge. 3 continuous change (in a state of flux). 4 Metallurgy a substance mixed with a metal etc. to promote fusion. 5 Physics a the rate of flow of any fluid across a given area. b the amount of fluid crossing an area in a given time. 6 Physics the amount of radiation or particles incident on an area in a given time. 7 Electr. the total electric or magnetic field passing through a surface. 8 Med. an abnormal discharge of blood or excrement from the body. --v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become fluid. 2 tr. a fuse. b treat with a fusing flux. Etymology: ME f. OF flux or L fluxus f. fluere flux- flow

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Flux Flux, a. [L. fluxus, p. p. of fluere. See Flux, n.] Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable. The flux nature of all things here. --Barrow.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Flux Flux (fl[u^]ks), n. [L. fluxus, fr. fluere, fluxum, to flow: cf.F. flux. See Fluent, and cf. 1st & 2d Floss, Flush, n., 6.] 1. The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change. By the perpetual flux of the liquids, a great part of them is thrown out of the body. --Arbuthnot. Her image has escaped the flux of things, And that same infant beauty that she wore Is fixed upon her now forevermore. --Trench. Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux. --Felton. 2. The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the reflux. 3. The state of being liquid through heat; fusion. 4. (Chem. & Metal.) Any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, lime, fluorite. Note: White flux is the residuum of the combustion of a mixture of equal parts of niter and tartar. It consists chiefly of the carbonate of potassium, and is white. -- Black flux is the ressiduum of the combustion of one part of niter and two of tartar, and consists essentially of a mixture of potassium carbonate and charcoal. 5. (Med.) (a) A fluid discharge from the bowels or other part; especially, an excessive and morbid discharge; as, the bloody flux or dysentery. See Bloody flux. (b) The matter thus discharged. 6. (Physics) The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Flux Flux, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fluxed (fl[u^]kst); p. pr. & vb. n. Fluxing.] 1. To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux. He might fashionably and genteelly . . . have been dueled or fluxed into another world. --South. 2. To cause to become fluid; to fuse. --Kirwan. 3. (Med.) To cause a discharge from; to purge.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If something is in a state of flux, it is constantly changing. Education remains in a state of flux which will take some time to settle down. N-UNCOUNT: oft in N

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

fluks.

See BLOODY FLUX; DYSENTERY.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Flow, flowing. 2. Mutation, change, transition, shifting. 3. Diarrhoea, dysentery, looseness, lax state (of the bowels). 4. Fusion, melting. 5. Fusing mixture, fusing agent, solvent, menstruum.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To cheat, cozen, or over-reach; also to salivate. To flux a wig; to put it up in curl, and bake it.

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