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flux

(flŭks)

a. A flow or flowing of a liquid.

b. The flowing in of the tide.

c. A continuing movement, especially in large numbers of things: a flux of sensation.

2. Constant or frequent change; fluctuation: "The constant flux of people and groups ensures that human gene pools will always be mixed" (Steve Olson).

3. Medicine The discharge of large quantities of fluid material from the body, especially the discharge of watery feces from the intestines.

4. Physics

a. The rate of flow of fluid, particles, or energy through a given surface.

b. See flux density.

c. The lines of force of an electric or magnetic field.

5. Chemistry & Metallurgy A substance that aids, induces, or otherwise actively participates in fusing or flowing, as:

a. 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.

b. A mineral added to the metals in a furnace to promote fusing or to prevent the formation of oxides.

c. An additive that improves the flow of plastics during fabrication.

d. A readily fusible glass or enamel used as a base in ceramic work.

v. fluxed, flux·ing, flux·es

v.tr.

1. To melt; fuse.

2. To apply a flux to.

v.intr.

1. To become fluid.

2. To flow; stream.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin flūxus, from past participle of fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.]

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flux

(flʌks)

1. a flow or discharge

2. continuous change; instability

3. (Metallurgy) a substance, such as borax or salt, that gives a low melting-point mixture with a metal oxide. It is used for cleaning metal surfaces during soldering, etc, and for protecting the surfaces of liquid metals

4. (Metallurgy) metallurgy a chemical used to increase the fluidity of refining slags in order to promote the rate of chemical reaction

5. (Ceramics) a similar substance used in the making of glass

6. (General Physics) physics

a. the rate of flow of particles, energy, or a fluid, through a specified area, such as that of neutrons (neutron flux) or of light energy (luminous flux)

b. the strength of a field in a given area expressed as the product of the area and the component of the field strength at right angles to the area: magnetic flux; electric flux.

7. (Pathology) pathol an excessive discharge of fluid from the body, such as watery faeces in diarrhoea

8. the act or process of melting; fusion

9. (Philosophy) (in the philosophy of Heraclitus) the state of constant change in which all things exist

10. to make or become fluid

11. (Metallurgy) (tr) to apply flux to (a metal, soldered joint, etc)

12. (tr) an obsolete word for purge

[C14: from Latin fluxus a flow, from fluere to flow]

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flux

(flʌks)

n.

1. a flowing or flow.

2. the flowing in of the tide.

3. continuous change or movement: Our plans are in a state of flux.

a. the rate of flow of fluid, particles, or energy.

b. a quantity expressing the strength of a field of force in a given area.

a. a substance used to refine metals by combining with impurities to form a molten mixture that can be readily removed.

b. a substance used to prevent oxidation of fused metal, as in soldering.

6. an abnormal discharge of liquid matter from the bowels.

v.t.

7. to melt; make fluid.

8. to fuse by the use of flux.

v.i.

9. to flow.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin fluxus flow, discharge, variant of fluctus; see fluctuate]

flux

(flŭks)

1. A substance used in a smelting furnace to make metals melt more easily.

2. The rate of flow of fluids, particles, or energy across a given surface or area. See magnetic flux.

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flux

Past participle: fluxed
Gerund: fluxing

Imperative
flux
flux

Present
I flux
you flux
he/she/it fluxes
we flux
you flux
they flux

Preterite
I fluxed
you fluxed
he/she/it fluxed
we fluxed
you fluxed
they fluxed

Present Continuous
I am fluxing
you are fluxing
he/she/it is fluxing
we are fluxing
you are fluxing
they are fluxing

Present Perfect
I have fluxed
you have fluxed
he/she/it has fluxed
we have fluxed
you have fluxed
they have fluxed

Past Continuous
I was fluxing
you were fluxing
he/she/it was fluxing
we were fluxing
you were fluxing
they were fluxing

Past Perfect
I had fluxed
you had fluxed
he/she/it had fluxed
we had fluxed
you had fluxed
they had fluxed

Future
I will flux
you will flux
he/she/it will flux
we will flux
you will flux
they will flux

Future Perfect
I will have fluxed
you will have fluxed
he/she/it will have fluxed
we will have fluxed
you will have fluxed
they will have fluxed

Future Continuous
I will be fluxing
you will be fluxing
he/she/it will be fluxing
we will be fluxing
you will be fluxing
they will be fluxing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been fluxing
you have been fluxing
he/she/it has been fluxing
we have been fluxing
you have been fluxing
they have been fluxing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been fluxing
you will have been fluxing
he/she/it will have been fluxing
we will have been fluxing
you will have been fluxing
they will have been fluxing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been fluxing
you had been fluxing
he/she/it had been fluxing
we had been fluxing
you had been fluxing
they had been fluxing

Conditional
I would flux
you would flux
he/she/it would flux
we would flux
you would flux
they would flux

Past Conditional
I would have fluxed
you would have fluxed
he/she/it would have fluxed
we would have fluxed
you would have fluxed
they would have fluxed

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flux

A flow of particles, a fluid, or an electric or magnetic field.

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Noun	1.	flux - the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected" neutron flux - the rate of flow of neutrons; the number of neutrons passing through a unit area in unit time radiant flux - the rate of flow of radiant energy (electromagnetic waves)
	2.	flux - a flow or discharge fluxion flow, flowing - the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
	3.	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 soldering flux - flux applied to surfaces that are to be joined by soldering; flux cleans the surfaces and results in a better bond
	4.	flux - excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea) pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition
	5.	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 state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
	6.	flux - the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle magnetic field, magnetic flux field of force, force field, field - the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it 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 solar magnetic field - the magnetic field of the sun
	7.	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 natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"
	8.	flux - in constant change; "his opinions are in flux"; "the newness and flux of the computer industry" change - the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
Verb	1.	flux - move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium" flow move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" cockle, ripple, ruffle, undulate, riffle - stir up (water) so as to form ripples transpirate, transpire - pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas
	2.	flux - become liquid or fluid when heated; "the frozen fat liquefied" liquify, liquefy natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" change integrity - change in physical make-up condense, distil, distill - undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" dethaw, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, melt, dissolve - become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat" fuse - become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat; "The substances fused at a very high temperature"
	3.	flux - mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" coalesce, conflate, fuse, immix, mix, merge, commingle, blend, meld, combine change integrity - change in physical make-up gauge - mix in specific proportions; "gauge plaster" absorb - cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax" meld, melt - lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene" mix in, blend in - cause (something) to be mixed with (something else); "At this stage of making the cake, blend in the nuts" accrete - grow together (of plants and organs); "After many years the rose bushes grew together" conjugate - unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds admix - mix or blend; "Hyaline casts were admixed with neutrophils" alloy - make an alloy of syncretise, syncretize - become fused

flux

noun

1. instability, change, transition, unrest, modification, alteration, mutation, fluctuation, mutability a period of economic flux

2. flow, movement, motion, fluidity the flux of cosmic rays

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flux

noun

Something suggestive of running water:

current, drift, flood, flow, rush, spate, stream, surge, tide.

verb

To change from a solid to a liquid:

deliquesce, dissolve, fuse, liquefy, melt, run, thaw.

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cambio constante flujo inestabilidad

flux

[flʌks] N to be in a state of flux → estar inestable, estar cambiando continuamente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

flux

(flaks) noun

continual change. Events are in a state of flux.inestabilidad, cambio constante

flux

n. flujo excesivo proveniente de una cavidad u órgano del cuerpo.

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This was a surprising discovery, and I was exceeding glad of them; but I was warned by my experience to eat sparingly of them; remembering that when I was ashore in Barbary, the eating of grapes killed several of our Englishmen, who were slaves there, by throwing them into fluxes and fevers.

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Static flux generally increases with pitch angle (either positive or negative), and the standard deviation of fluxes among cycles at negative angle of incidence is much smaller than that seen for the plate.

Blade motion and nutrient flux to the kelp, Eisenia arborea

This led Deuser to hypothesize that small changes in physical forcing at the sea surface had induced significant changes in the surface ocean ecosystem, which in turn altered the makeup of export fluxes.

The Oceanic Flux Program: twenty years of particles flux measurements in the Deep Sargasso Sea

The predictions reported here follow from modelling the observed "response" of bryophyte taxa along environmental gradients in terms of their "optima" and "tolerances." While we realize that bryophytes probably do not respond to the methane gradient directly and do not have methane fluxes that are optimal in a biological sense, we retain the terminology for consistency with the literature on gradient analysis.

Predicting methane emission from bryophyte distribution in northern Canadian peatlands

However, for the steady state problem any difference in the fluxes across the ply boundaries can be attributed to oxidation.

FEA of diffusion-reaction in tires

Since the flux due to the permanent magnet must be equal to the sum of the useful fringe and leakage fluxes, the computation of the useful flux across the suspension air gap and the fringing flux can be calculated.

CAD for active magnetic bearings

Here's the issue: Many no-clean liquid fluxes require exposure to heat to render them inert.

Mr. Clean: Picking the right tool for electrochemical contamination at the rework bench

The EMS uses six (three each) solder pastes and wave fluxes within its manufacturing process and cleans all PCBs through an inline spray-in-air cleaner.

Cleanliness assessment for class III lead-free no-clean assemblies: using IPC standards, a study identifies and qualifies an aqueous cleaning process capable of removing combinations of no-clean flux residues for high-rel boards

Most metal cleaning fluxes used in molten aluminum production contain alkaline salts, which can be aggressive and under certain conditions can attack crucible walls.

Eliminating flux attack in aluminum melting

Therefore, in the half period of flux [[PSI].sub.ex] alternation the directions of the fluxes [[PSI].sub.ex] and [[PSI].sub.0] are the same and in the other half period these fluxes are directed on the contrary.

Influence of the electric reactor magnetic field on the electromagnetic relays/Elektrinio reaktoriaus magnetinio lauko itaka elektromagnetinems relems

The temperature should be above 82 C for alcohol (i.e., isopropyl) fluxes and above 100[Degrees]C for water fluxes.

A look at preheating systems: the three main preheater types each have specific strengths