flux

Plural: fluxes

Noun

• the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface
• a flow or discharge
• a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed
• excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea)
• 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"
• the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle
• (physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area
• in constant change
  • "his opinions are in flux"
  • "the newness and flux of the computer industry"
• The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.
• A state of ongoing change.
• A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.
• The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity), especially an electric or magnetic field, through a given surface.
• A disease which causes diarrhea, especially dysentery.
• Diarrhea or other fluid discharge from the body.
• The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.

Verb

Verb Forms: fluxed, fluxing, fluxes

• To melt or fuse, typically with a flux.
• move or progress freely as if in a stream
• become liquid or fluid when heated
• mix together different elements
• To use flux on.
• To melt.
• To flow as a liquid.

Adj

• Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.

Examples

• He hoped to FLUX his disparate letters into a single, high-scoring word on the Words With Friends board.
• It is important to use flux when soldering or oxides on the metal will prevent a good bond.
• Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux.
• That high a neutron flux would be lethal in seconds.
• The schedule is in flux at the moment.
• You have to flux the joint before soldering.

Synonyms

blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flow, flux density, fluxion, fuse, immix, liquefy, liquify, magnetic field, magnetic flux, meld, merge, mix, state of flux

Antonyms

stasis

Related Words

fluctuant, fluxion, fluxional

Anagrams of flux