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Flux

noun
/flʌks/
Word Frequency: 11.3

Definitions

1.nounThe act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.
2.nounA state of ongoing change.
"Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux."
3.nounA chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.
"It is important to use flux when soldering or oxides on the metal will prevent a good bond."
4.nounThe rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity) through a given surface, specifically electric flux, magnetic flux.
"That high a neutron flux would be lethal in seconds."
5.nounA disease which causes diarrhea, especially dysentery.
6.nounDiarrhea or other fluid discharge from the body.
7.nounThe state of being liquid through heat; fusion.
8.verbTo use flux on.
"You have to flux the joint before soldering."
9.verbTo melt.
10.verbTo flow as a liquid.
11.adjectiveFlowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.

Synonyms

flux densitymagnetic fieldmagnetic fluxfluxionflowstreamingflowinginflowinfluxoutflowfluidityefflux

Antonyms

stasis

Rhymes With

reduxdeluxeinfluxstrixduxluxsucksfucks
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