[flʌks], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the action or process of flowing or flowing out
(e.g: the flux of ions across the membrane)

- an abnormal discharge of blood or other matter from or within the body

- continuous change
(e.g: since the fall of the wall Berlin has been a city in flux)

- a substance mixed with a solid to lower its melting point, used especially in soldering and brazing metals or to promote vitrification in glass or ceramics


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin fluxus, from fluere ‘to flow’

[flʌks], (Verb)

Definitions:
- treat (a metal object) with a flux to promote melting


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin fluxus, from fluere ‘to flow’