n. | 1. | The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change. |
| 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. |
v. t. | 1. | To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux. |
| 2. | To cause to become fluid; to fuse. |
| 3. | (Med.) To cause a discharge from; to purge. |