flux

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

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

3. n. The state of being liquid through heat; fusion. Source: opted

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

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

6. n. The matter thus discharged. Source: opted

7. n. The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time. Source: opted

8. n. Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable. Source: opted

9. v. t. To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux. Source: opted

10. v. t. To cause to become fluid; to fuse. Source: opted

11. v. t. To cause a discharge from; to purge. Source: opted

12. n. the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface Source: wordnet

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