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The definition of flux
12 Definitions of: flux
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- noun, a flow or discharge
- noun, continuous change; instability
- noun, a substance, such as borax or salt, that gives a low melting-point mixture with a metal oxide. It is used for cleaning metal surfaces during soldering, etc, and for protecting the surfaces of liquid metals
- noun, metallurgy a chemical used to increase the fluidity of refining slags in order to promote the rate of chemical reaction
- noun, a similar substance used in the making of glass
- noun, physics a) the rate of flow of particles, energy, or a fluid, through a specified area, such as that of neutrons (neutron flux) or of light energy (luminous flux) b) the strength of a field in a given area expressed as the product of the area and the component of the field strength at right angles to the area
- noun, pathol an excessive discharge of fluid from the body, such as watery faeces in diarrhoea
- noun, the act or process of melting; fusion
- noun, (in the philosophy of Heraclitus) the state of constant change in which all things exist
- verb, to make or become fluid
- verb, to apply flux to (a metal, soldered joint, etc)
- verb, an obsolete word for purge
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| Synonyms: | flow, instability, change, transition, unrest, modification, alteration, mutation, fluctuation, movement | And more... |
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of flux