Definitions for the word "flux" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the reflux.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, lime, fluorite.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The matter thus discharged.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. t.
To cause to become fluid; to fuse.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. t.
To cause a discharge from; to purge.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
1 process of flowing or flowing out. 2 discharge. 3 continuous change (state of flux). 4 substance mixed with a metal etc. To aid fusion. [latin fluxus from fluo flux- flow]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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