flux
/flʌks/
Dictionary
noun
- The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.
- A state of ongoing change.
"Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux."
- 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."
- The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity) through a given surface, specifically electric flux, magnetic flux.
"That high a neutron flux would be lethal in seconds."
- A disease which causes diarrhea, especially dysentery.
- Diarrhea or other fluid discharge from the body.
- The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.
verb
- To use flux on.
"You have to flux the joint before soldering."
- To melt.
- To flow as a liquid.
adjective
- Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.
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