Definition of fluxes Fluxes
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What does fluxes mean?
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
NounPlural: fluxes |
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| flux - a flow or discharge | ||
| fluxion | ||
| flowing, flow the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression | ||
| flux - a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed | ||
| chemical, chemical substance material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules | ||
| flux - the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface | ||
| rate amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5" | ||
| neutron flux the rate of flow of neutrons; the number of neutrons passing through a unit area in unit time | ||
| flux - in constant change; "his opinions are in flux"; "the newness and flux of the computer industry" | ||
| flux - 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" | ||
| state of flux | ||
| flux - excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea) | ||
| flux - the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle | ||
| magnetic field, magnetic flux | ||
| field of force, force field, field a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "they are outstanding in their field" | ||
| magnetosphere the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field | ||
| flux - (physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area | ||
| flux density | ||
| density, denseness the amount per unit size | ||
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Wiktionary 
- flux (Noun)
A state of ongoing change. - flux (Noun)
A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding. - flux (Noun)
The rate of transfer of energy or another physical quantity through a given surface, specifically electric flux, magnetic flux. - flux (Noun)
A disease which causes diarrhea, especially dysentery. - flux (Verb)
To use flux. - flux (Verb)
To melt. - flux (Verb)
To flow as a liquid. - flux (Adjective)
Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- flux (n.)
The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change. - flux (n.)
The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the reflux. - flux (n.)
The state of being liquid through heat; fusion. - flux (n.)
Any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, lime, fluorite. - flux (n.)
A fluid discharge from the bowels or other part; especially, an excessive and morbid discharge; as, the bloody flux or dysentery. See Bloody flux. - flux (n.)
The matter thus discharged. - flux (n.)
The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time. - flux (n.)
Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable. - flux (v. t.)
To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux. - flux (v. t.)
To cause to become fluid; to fuse. - flux (v. t.)
To cause a discharge from; to purge.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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flux
The amount of particles, mass, energy, etc., that are moving through a specific area per timespan. -
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To move as a fluid from one position to another (e.g. of people). -
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To mix together different elements.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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fluks, n. act of flowing: a flow of matter: quick succession: a discharge generally from a mucous membrane: matter discharged: excrement: the term given to the substances employed in the arts to assist the reduction of a metallic ore and the fusion of a metal.—v.t. to melt.—v.i. to flow.—ns. Flux′ātion, the act of flowing or passing away; Fluxibil′ity, Flux′ibleness.—adjs. Flux′ible, Flux′ide, that may be melted.—ns. Fluxil′ity; Flux′ion, a flowing or discharge: a difference or variation: (math.) the rate of change of a continuously varying quantity: (pl.) the name given after Newton to that branch of mathematics which with a different notation is known after Leibnitz as the differential and integral calculus.—adjs. Flux′ional, Flux′ionary, variable: inconstant.—n. Flux′ionist, one skilled in fluxions.—adj. Flux′ive (Shak.), flowing with tears. [O. Fr.,—L. fluxus—fluĕre, to flow.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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flux
The flowing in of the tide.
Wikipedia 
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Flux in Physics.
In the various subfields of physics, there exist two common usages of the term flux, both with rigorous mathematical frameworks.
