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Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, uncommon
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
1991, Mann, H., Fyfe, W., Tazaki, K., & Kerrich, R., Biological Accumulation of Different Chemical Elements by Microorganisms from Yellowstone National Park, USA. Mechanisms And Phylogeny Of Mineralization In Biological Systems, 357-362. Investigation of the silica budget for the Upper and Lower Geyser Basins of Yellowstone National Park by Truesdell et al. suggest that the present fluxes of hotspring water and thermal energy may have been continuous for at least the past 10,000 yr.
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Antonyms: none provided
A state of ongoing change.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The schedule is in flux at the moment. Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: stasis
A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
It is important to use flux when soldering or oxides on the metal will prevent a good bond.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity), especially an electric or magnetic field, through a given surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
Examples
That high a neutron flux would be lethal in seconds.
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Synonyms: none provided
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A disease which causes diarrhea, especially dysentery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
Diarrhea or other fluid discharge from the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To use flux on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
You have to flux the joint before soldering.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To melt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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To flow as a liquid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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in constant change
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
his opinions are in flux the newness and flux of the computer industry
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
(physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: flux density
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: density, denseness
a flow or discharge
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fluxion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flow, flowing
the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: magnetic field, magnetic flux
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: field, field of force, force field
Narrower terms: magnetosphere, solar magnetic field
a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the flux following the death of the emperor
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: state of flux
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state
excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pathology
a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical, chemical substance
Narrower terms: soldering flux
the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rate
Narrower terms: neutron flux, radiant flux
mix together different elements
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blend, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change integrity
Narrower terms: gauge, absorb, melt, meld, blend in, mix in, accrete, conjugate, admix, alloy, syncretize, syncretise
become liquid or fluid when heated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: liquefy, liquify
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change integrity
Narrower terms: condense, distill, distil, dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt, fuse
move or progress freely as if in a stream
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The crowd flowed out of the stadium
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flow
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move
Narrower terms: ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate, transpire, transpirate
From Old French flux, from Latin fluxus (“flow”).
Across languages
Translations 62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
променливост
(promenlivost)
— state of ongoing change
Bulgarian :
течение
(tečenie)
— state of ongoing change
Danish :
forandring
— state of ongoing change
Dutch :
voortdurende wijziging
— state of ongoing change
Finnish :
muutos
— state of ongoing change
Finnish :
muutostila
— state of ongoing change
German :
Fluss
— state of ongoing change
Greek :
ρευστότητα
(refstótita)
— state of ongoing change
Italian :
flusso
— state of ongoing change
Japanese :
多様性
(tayōsei)
— state of ongoing change
Portuguese :
fluxo
— state of ongoing change
Russian :
изме́нчивость
(izménčivostʹ)
— state of ongoing change
Russian :
постоянное движе́ние
(postojannoje dvižénije)
— state of ongoing change
Russian :
разнообра́зие
(raznoobrázije)
— state of ongoing change
Russian :
тече́ние
(tečénije)
— state of ongoing change
Serbo-Croatian :
fluks
— state of ongoing change
Spanish :
fluxión
— state of ongoing change
Ukrainian :
різноманітність
(riznomanitnistʹ)
— state of ongoing change
Bulgarian :
флюс
(fljus)
— chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding
Danish :
flusmiddel
— chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding
Dutch :
flux
— chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding
Dutch :
vloeimiddel
— chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding
Finnish :
juoksute
— chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding
Finnish :
juotosapuaine
— chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding
Finnish :
fluksi
— chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding
French :
décapant
— chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding
German :
Flussmittel
— chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding
Greek :
τήξη
(tíxi)
— chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding
Hungarian :
salakképző anyagok
— chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding
Italian :
flussante
— chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding
Japanese :
融剤
(yūzai)
— chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding
Khmer :
ក្រមួន
(krɑɑmuən)
— chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding
Norwegian :
Fluks
— chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding
Polish :
topnik
— chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding
Portuguese :
fundente
— chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding
Russian :
флюс
(fljus)
— chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding
Serbo-Croatian :
fluks
— chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding
Spanish :
fundente
— chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding
Swedish :
flussmedel
— chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding
Welsh :
fflycs
— chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding
Asturian :
fluxu
— rate of transfer of energy (electric flux, magnetic flux)
Bulgarian :
поток
(potok)
— rate of transfer of energy (electric flux, magnetic flux)
Catalan :
flux
— rate of transfer of energy (electric flux, magnetic flux)
Czech :
tok
— rate of transfer of energy (electric flux, magnetic flux)
Danish :
flux
— rate of transfer of energy (electric flux, magnetic flux)
Finnish :
vuo
— rate of transfer of energy (electric flux, magnetic flux)
French :
flux
— rate of transfer of energy (electric flux, magnetic flux)
Galician :
fluxo
— rate of transfer of energy (electric flux, magnetic flux)
German :
Fluss
— rate of transfer of energy (electric flux, magnetic flux)
Greek :
ροή
(roḯ)
— rate of transfer of energy (electric flux, magnetic flux)
Italian :
flusso
— rate of transfer of energy (electric flux, magnetic flux)
Japanese :
流量
(ryūryou)
— rate of transfer of energy (electric flux, magnetic flux)
Norwegian :
Fluks
— rate of transfer of energy (electric flux, magnetic flux)
Polish :
strumień
— rate of transfer of energy (electric flux, magnetic flux)
Portuguese :
fluxo
— rate of transfer of energy (electric flux, magnetic flux)
Russian :
пото́к
(potók)
— rate of transfer of energy (electric flux, magnetic flux)
Serbo-Croatian :
fluks
— rate of transfer of energy (electric flux, magnetic flux)
Spanish :
flujo
— rate of transfer of energy (electric flux, magnetic flux)
Turkish :
akı
— rate of transfer of energy (electric flux, magnetic flux)
Turkish :
seyelan
— rate of transfer of energy (electric flux, magnetic flux)
Ottoman Turkish :
سیلان
(seyelân)
— rate of transfer of energy (electric flux, magnetic flux)
Vietnamese :
thông lượng
— rate of transfer of energy (electric flux, magnetic flux)
