Flux

Quick meaning: Flux is a noun meaning The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.

Meaning

The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.

More Meanings

1. A state of ongoing change.
2. A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.
3. (physics) The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity), especially an electric or magnetic field, through a given surface.
4. The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.
5. (transitive) To use flux on.
6. (archaic) A disease which causes diarrhea, especially dysentery.
7. (archaic) Diarrhea or other fluid discharge from the body.

Example Sentences

The schedule is in flux at the moment.

Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux.

It is important to use flux when soldering or oxides on the metal will prevent a good bond.

By […]the perpetual Flux of the Liquids, a great part of the Liquids is thrown out of the Body.

Word Forms

• fluxes
• fluxing
• fluxed

Synonyms for flux

Depending on context, synonyms include fluxion.

Antonyms for flux

Common opposites include stasis.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fluxion, flow, streaming, flowing, inflow, influx.

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