fluxes

Noun

flux (countable and uncountable, plural fluxes)

1. The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.
   • By […]the perpetual Flux of the Liquids, a great part of the Liquids is thrown out of the Body.1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC
2. A state of ongoing change.
   • The schedule is in flux at the moment.

   Antonyms:

   stasis

3. A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.
   • It is important to use flux when soldering or oxides on the metal will prevent a good bond.
4. The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity), especially an electric or magnetic field, through a given surface.
   • That high a neutron flux would be lethal in seconds.
5. (archaic) A disease which causes diarrhea, especially dysentery.
   • The next year vvas calamitous, bringing ſtrange fluxes upon men, and murren upon Cattel.1670, John Milton, “The Sixth Book”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC, page 245
6. (archaic) Diarrhea or other fluid discharge from the body.

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