Flux

Pronunciation: flŭkst

n.	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. - Arbuthnot. Her image has escaped the flux of things, And that same infant beauty that she wore Is fixed upon her now forevermore. - Trench. Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux. - Felton.
	2.	The setting in of the tide toward the shore, - the ebb being called the reflux.
	3.	The state of being 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.
	5.	(Med.) A fluid discharge from the bowels or other part; especially, an excessive and morbid discharge; as, the bloody flux or dysentery. See Bloody flux.
	6.	(Physics) The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time.
a.	1.	Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable. The flux nature of all things here. - Barrow.
v. t.	1.	To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux. [imp. & p. p. Fluxed (flŭkst); p. pr. & vb. n. Fluxing.] He might fashionably and genteelly . . . have been dueled or fluxed into another world. - South.
	2.	To cause to become fluid; to fuse.
	3.	(Med.) To cause a discharge from; to purge.

Noun	1.	flux - the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface
	2.	flux - a flow or discharge Synonyms: fluxion
	3.	flux - a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed
	4.	flux - excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea)
	5.	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" Synonyms: state of flux
	6.	flux - the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle Synonyms: magnetic field, magnetic flux
	7.	flux - (physics) the number of flux changes per unit area Synonyms: flux density
	8.	flux - in constant change; "his opinions are in flux"; "the newness and flux of the computer industry"
Verb	1.	flux - move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium" Synonyms: flow
	2.	flux - become liquid or fluid when heated; "the frozen fat liquefied" Synonyms: liquify, liquefy
	3.	flux - mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" Synonyms: coalesce, conflate, fuse, immix, mix, merge, commingle, blend, meld, combine

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