flux

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The noun flux describes something that constantly changes. If your likes, dislikes, attitudes, dreams, and even friends are changing all the time, you may be in flux.

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

Noun
in constant change; "his opinions are in flux"; "the newness and flux of the computer industry"

Noun
(physics) the number of flux changes per unit area

Noun
a flow or discharge

Noun
the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle

Noun
a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action; "the flux following the death of the emperor"

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Noun
excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea)

Noun
a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed

Noun
the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface

Verb
mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"

Verb
become liquid or fluid when heated; "the frozen fat liquefied"

Verb
move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"


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

n.
The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the reflux.

n.
The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.

n.
Any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, lime, fluorite.

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A fluid discharge from the bowels or other part; especially, an excessive and morbid discharge; as, the bloody flux or dysentery. See Bloody flux.

n.
The matter thus discharged.

n.
The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time.

n.
Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.

v. t.
To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux.

v. t.
To cause to become fluid; to fuse.

v. t.
To cause a discharge from; to purge.


Flux

Flux , n. [L. fluxus, fr. fluere, fluxum,to flow: cf.F. flux. See Fluent, and cf. 1st & 2d Floss, Flush, n., 6.] 1. The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.
By the perpetual flux of the liquids, a great part of them is thrown out of the body.
Her image has escaped the flux of things, And that same infant beauty that she wore Is fixed upon her now forevermore.
Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux.
2. The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ()bb being called the reflux. 3. The state of beinng liquid through heat; fusion. 4. (Chem.& Metal.) Any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, lime, fluorite. &hand; White flux is the residuum of the combustion of a mixture of equal parts of niter and tartar. It consists chiefly of the carbonate of potassium, and is white.- Black flux is the ressiduum of the combustion of one part of niter and two of tartar, and consists essentially of a mixture of potassium carbonate and charcoal. 5. (Med.) (a) A fluid discharge from the bowels or other part; especially, an excessive and morbid discharge; as, the bloody flux or dysentery. See Bloody flux. (b) The matter thus discharged. 6. (Physics) The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time.

Flux

Flux, a. [L. fluxus, p. p. of fluere. See Flux, n.] Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.
The flux nature of all things here.

Flux

Flux, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fluxed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fluxing.] 1. To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux.
He might fashionably and genteelly . . . have been dueled or fluxed into another world.
2. To cause to become fluid; to fuse. Kirwan. 3. (Med.) To cause a discharge from; to purge.

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

Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.

To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux.

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Usage Examples

Beauty is our weapon against nature by it we make objects, giving them limit, symmetry, proportion. Beauty halts and freezes the melting flux of nature.

Death not merely ends life, it also bestows upon it a silent completeness, snatched from the hazardous flux to which all things human are subject.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

'Pure experience' is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories.

Existence is no more than the precarious attainment of relevance in an intensely mobile flux of past, present, and future.

American policy seems to be wed to a perpetual state of war. Why? History shows that the world will always be in flux or turmoil, with different peoples competing for visibility and power. The U.S. cannot fix the fate of every nation.

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