flux : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: flux	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flux n the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface a flow or discharge Synonym(s): flux, fluxion 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" Synonym(s): flux, state of flux the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle Synonym(s): magnetic field, magnetic flux, flux (physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area Synonym(s): flux density, flux in constant change; "his opinions are in flux"; "the newness and flux of the computer industry" v move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium" Synonym(s): flow, flux become liquid or fluid when heated; "the frozen fat liquefied" Synonym(s): liquefy, flux, liquify mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" Synonym(s): blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flux \Flux\ (fl[ucr]ks), n. [L. fluxus, fr. fluere, fluxum, to flow: cf.F. flux. See {Fluent}, and cf. 1st & 2d {Floss}, {Flush}, n., 6.] 1. The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change. By the perpetual flux of the liquids, a great part of them is thrown out of the body. --Arbuthnot. Her image has escaped the flux of things, And that same infant beauty that she wore Is fixed upon her now forevermore. --Trench. Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux. --Felton. 2. The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the {reflux}. 3. The state of being liquid through heat; fusion. 4. (Chem. & Metal.) Any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, lime, fluorite. Note: {White flux} is the residuum of the combustion of a mixture of equal parts of niter and tartar. It consists chiefly of the carbonate of potassium, and is white. -- {Black flux} is the ressiduum of the combustion of one part of niter and two of tartar, and consists essentially of a mixture of potassium carbonate and charcoal. 5. (Med.) (a) A fluid discharge from the bowels or other part; especially, an excessive and morbid discharge; as, the bloody flux or dysentery. See {Bloody flux}. (b) The matter thus discharged. 6. (Physics) The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flux \Flux\, a. [L. fluxus, p. p. of fluere. See {Flux}, n.] Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable. The flux nature of all things here. --Barrow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flux \Flux\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fluxed} (fl[ucr]kst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fluxing}.] 1. To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux. He might fashionably and genteelly . . . have been dueled or fluxed into another world. --South. 2. To cause to become fluid; to fuse. --Kirwan. 3. (Med.) To cause a discharge from; to purge.