Fluxion
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈflʌkʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fluxion is a noun meaning (geology) To be distributed in a flowing pattern.
Meaning
(geology) To be distributed in a flowing pattern.
More Meanings
- (obsolete, mathematics) The derivative of a function.
- (rare or archaic) The action of flowing.
- (rare or archaic) A difference or variation.
Example Sentences
Perhaps he meant that towns are after all excrescences, grey fluxions, where men, hurrying to find one another, have lost themselves.
...pilotaxitic texture connotes abundant plagioclase microlites prominently fluxioned in an overall sub-parallel manner and locally around phenocrysts (but strictly in a holocrystalline non-glassy matrix).
Word Forms
- fluxions
- fluxioning
- fluxioned
Synonyms for fluxion
Depending on context, synonyms include flux.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include flux, integral, fluent, derivative, differential, primitive.
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