fluxion
/ˈflʌkʃən/
fluxion noun: the derivative of a function.
Noun
fluxion (countable and uncountable, plural fluxions)
- The derivative of a function.
- The action of flowing.
- Perhaps he meant that towns are after all excrescences, grey fluxions, where men, hurrying to find one another, have lost themselves.1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part III, XXXIII [Uniform ed., p. 299]
- A difference or variation.
Verb
fluxion (third-person singular simple present fluxions, present participle fluxioning, simple past and past participle fluxioned)
- To be distributed in a flowing pattern.
- ...pilotaxitic texture connotes abundant plagioclase microlites prominently fluxioned in an overall sub-parallel manner and locally around phenocrysts (but strictly in a holocrystalline non-glassy matrix).1982, Charles James Hughes, Igneous petrology, →ISBN, page 142
fluxion meaning in Tamil and Bengali
fluxion in Tamil
- குருதிக் கழிச்சல், குருதிக்கழிச்சல்
fluxion in Bengali
- একটি ফাংশনের অন্তরজ, প্রবাহিত হওয়ার ক্রিয়া, একটি পার্থক্য, তারতম্য
Forms of fluxion
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | fluxions |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | fluxions |
| present participle | fluxioning |
| past participle | fluxioned |
| past | fluxioned |
Origin of fluxion
From Middle French fluxion, from Late Latin fluxiō, from Latin flūxus + -iō.
Words formed from fluxion
Words that rhyme with fluxion
- induction
- reduction
- construction
- instruction
- deduction
- suction
- transduction
- introduction
- traduction
- conduction
- destruction
- eduction
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Questions about fluxion
- What does fluxion mean?
- Fluxion means the derivative of a function.
- What is fluxion in Tamil?
- Fluxion in Tamil is குருதிக் கழிச்சல், குருதிக்கழிச்சல். See Fluxion meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is fluxion?
- Fluxion can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce fluxion?
- Fluxion is pronounced /ˈflʌkʃən/.
- What is the plural of fluxion?
- The plural of fluxion is fluxions.
Words near fluxion in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fluxion (page history and authors); fluxion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fluxion (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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