flux
IPA: fɫˈʌks
noun
- The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.
- A state of ongoing change.
- A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.
- (physics) The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity), especially an electric or magnetic field, through a given surface.
- (archaic) A disease which causes diarrhea, especially dysentery.
- (archaic) Diarrhea or other fluid discharge from the body.
- The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.
verb
- (transitive) To use flux on.
- (transitive) To melt.
- (intransitive) To flow as a liquid.
adjective
- (uncommon) Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.
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Examples of "flux" in Sentences
- All the flux is confined to the core.
- The state of the law of champerty is in flux.
- The administration of the region is also in flux.
- The meaning of the term allopath is clearly in flux.
- Means are provided to cause the magnetic flux to pulsate.
- In the case of the flux, the composition is a bit complicated.
- It is obtained by dividing the luminous flux by the radiant flux.
- In industry, rosin is the precursor to the flux used in soldering.
- That avoids confounding the flux calculation and the current paths.
- Here the reluctance is a quantity similar in nature to resistance for the flux.
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