1.  flux(n = noun.time) - the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface;
is a kind of rate
has particulars: neutron flux, radiant flux

2.  flux(n = noun.event) fluxion - a flow or discharge;
is a kind of flow, flowing
Derived form verb flux₂

3.  flux(n = noun.substance) - a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed;
is a kind of chemical, chemical substance
has particulars: soldering flux
Derived form verb flux₃

4.  flux(n = noun.state) - excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea);
is a kind of pathology

5.  flux(n = noun.state) state of flux - 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"
is a kind of state

6.  flux(n = noun.phenomenon) magnetic field, magnetic flux - the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle;
is a kind of field, field of force, force field
has particulars: magnetosphere, solar magnetic field

7.  flux(n = noun.attribute) flux density - (physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area;
is a kind of denseness, density

8.  flux(n = noun.act) - in constant change; "his opinions are in flux"; "the newness and flux of the computer industry"
is a kind of change

1.  flux(v = verb.motion) flow - move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"
is one way to move
Derived form noun fluxion₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP

2.  flux(v = verb.change) liquefy, liquify - become liquid or fluid when heated; "the frozen fat liquefied"
is one way to change integrity
Derived form noun flux₂
Sample sentences: Something ----s

3.  flux(v = verb.change) blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix - mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
is one way to change integrity
Derived form noun flux₃
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP

1.  The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change. [1913 Webster]
" By the perpetual flux of the liquids, a great part of them is thrown out of the body." [1913 Webster]
"Her image has escaped the flux of things,
And that same infant beauty that she wore
Is fixed upon her now forevermore." [1913 Webster]
" Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux." [1913 Webster]

2.  The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the reflux. [1913 Webster]

3.  The state of being liquid through heat; fusion. [1913 Webster]

4.  Any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, lime, fluorite. [1913 Webster]
" 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." [1913 Webster]

5.  A fluid discharge from the bowels or other part; especially, an excessive and morbid discharge; as, the bloody flux or dysentery. See Bloody flux. [1913 Webster]

6.  The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time. [1913 Webster]

   Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable. [1913 Webster]
"The flux nature of all things here." [1913 Webster]

1.  To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux. [1913 Webster]
"He might fashionably and genteelly . . . have been dueled or
fluxed into another world." [1913 Webster]

2.  To cause to become fluid; to fuse. Kirwan. [1913 Webster]

3.  To cause a discharge from; to purge. [1913 Webster]

flux, n. & v.
--n.
1 a process of flowing or flowing out.
2 an issue or discharge.
3 continuous change (in a state of flux).
4 Metallurgy a substance mixed with a metal etc. to promote fusion.
5 Physics a the rate of flow of any fluid across a given area. b the amount of fluid crossing an area in a given time.
6 Physics the amount of radiation or particles incident on an area in a given time.
7 Electr. the total electric or magnetic field passing through a surface.
8 Med. an abnormal discharge of blood or excrement from the body.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. make or become fluid.
2 tr. a fuse. b treat with a fusing flux.

Etymology:
ME f. OF flux or L fluxus f. fluere flux- flow

N  conversion, reduction, transmutation, resolution, assimilation, evolution, sea change, change of state, assumption, naturalization, transportation, development, developing, conversion of currency, exchange of currency, exchange rate, bureau de change, chemistry, alchemy, progress, growth, lapse, flux, passage, transit, transition, transmigration, shifting, phase, conjugation, convertibility, crucible, alembic, caldron, retort, convert, pervert, renegade, apostate, converted into, convertible, resolvable into, transitional, naturalized, gradually, &c (slowly) 275 in transitu.

N  motion, movement, move, going, unrest, stream, flow, flux, run, course, stir, evolution, kinematics, telekinesis, step, rate, pace, tread, stride, gait, port, footfall, cadence, carriage, velocity, angular velocity, clip, progress, locomotion, journey, voyage, transit, restlessness, mobility, movableness, motive power, laws of motion, mobilization, moving, in motion, transitional, motory, motive, shifting, movable, mobile, mercurial, unquiet, restless, nomadic, erratic, under way, on the move, on the wing, on the tramp, on the march, eppur si muove, es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille, sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt.

N  liquefaction, liquescence, liquescency, melting, colliquation, colliquefaction, thaw, liquation, deliquation, deliquescence, lixiviation, dissolution, solution, apozem, lixivium, infusion, flux, solvent, menstruum, alkahest, liquefied, liquescent, liquefiable, deliquescent, soluble, colliquative.

N  river, running water, jet, spirt, spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush, jet d'eau, sluice, water spout, water fall, cascade, force, foss, lin, linn, ghyll, Niagara, cataract, rapids, white water, catadupe, cataclysm, debacle, inundation, deluge, chute, washout, rain, rainfall, serein, shower, scud, downpour, driving rain, drenching rain, cloudburst, hyetology, hyetography, predominance of Aquarius, reign of St. Swithin, mizzle, drizzle, stillicidum, plash, dropping, falling weather, northeaster, hurricane, typhoon, stream, course, flux, flow, profluence, effluence, defluxion, flowing, current, tide, race, coulee, spring, artesian well, fount, fountain, rill, rivulet, gill, gullet, rillet, streamlet, brooklet, branch, runnel, sike, burn, beck, creek, brook, bayou, stream, river, reach, tributary, geyser, spout, waterspout, body of water, torrent, rapids, flush, flood, swash, spring tide, high tide, full tide, bore, tidal bore, eagre, hygre, fresh, freshet, indraught, reflux, undercurrent, eddy, vortex, gurge, whirlpool, Maelstrom, regurgitation, overflow, confluence, corrivation, wave, billow, surge, swell, ripple, anerythmon gelasma, beach comber, riffle, rollers, ground swell, surf, breakers, white horses, whitecaps, rough sea, heavy sea, high seas, cross sea, long sea, short sea, chopping sea, hydrodynamics, hydraulics, hydraulicostatics, rain gauge, flowmeter, pegology, irrigation, pump, watering pot, watering cart, hydrant, syringe, garden hose, lawn spray, bhisti, mussuk, fluent, diffluent, profluent, affluent, tidal, flowing, meandering, meandry, meandrous, fluvial, fluviatile, streamy, showery, rainy, pluvial, stillicidous, stillatitious, for men may come and men may go but I go on foreve, that old man river, he just keeps rolling along.

bloody flux, flux and reflux, flux applicator, flux density, flux density unit, flux unit, luminous flux, luminous flux unit, magnetic flux, magnetic flux density, magnetic flux unit, neutron flux, radiant flux, soldering flux, state of flux