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flux

noun
/flʌks/

Etymology

From Old French flux, from Latin fluxus (“flow”).

  1. derived from fluxus — “flow”
  2. derived from flux

Definitions

  1. The act of flowing

    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.

  2. A state of ongoing change.

    • The schedule is in flux at the moment.
    • Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux.
    • Her image has escaped the flux of things, / And that same infant beauty that she wore / Is fixed upon her now forevermore.

  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. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity), especially an electric or…

      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.

    2. A disease which causes diarrhea, especially dysentery.

      • The next year vvas calamitous, bringing ſtrange fluxes upon men, and murren upon Cattel.

    3. Diarrhea or other fluid discharge from the body.

    4. The state of being liquid through heat

      The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.

    5. To use flux on.

      • You have to flux the joint before soldering.

    6. To melt.

    7. To flow as a liquid.

    8. Flowing

      Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.

      • The flux nature of all things here.

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Derived

calfluxin, coeliac-flux, fluxation, fluxbrane, flux capacitor, flux density, fluxgate, fluximetry, fluxity, fluxive, fluxless, fluxlike, fluxoid, fluxome, fluxon, fluxonium, fluxotaxis, fluxtube, flux tube, flux unit, fluxy, state of flux

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at flux. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at flux. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at flux

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA