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   flux

   /flʌks/

   noun

   • 1. the action or process of flowing or flowing out: "the flux of ions across the membrane"
   • ▪ the rate of flow of a fluid, radiant energy, or particles across a given area. Similar flowmovementmotiontransfercoursepassagecurrentdriftcirculationtricklestreamswirlsurgesweepgushrollrushwellingspatetide
   • ▪ the amount of radiation or particles incident on an area in a given time.
   • ▪ the total electric or magnetic field passing through a surface.
   • 2. an abnormal discharge of blood or other matter from or within the body.
   • ▪ diarrhoea or dysentery. archaic
   • 3. continuous change: "since the fall of the wall Berlin has been a city in flux" Similar continuous changechangeabilitychangeablenessvariabilityinconstancyfluidityinstabilityunsteadinessunpredictabilityirregularityfitfulnessunreliabilityficklenessfluctuationvariationshiftalterationswingmovementoscillationalternationrise and fallrising and fallingsee-sawingyo-yoingOpposite stability
   • 4. a substance mixed with a solid to lower its melting point, used especially in soldering and brazing metals or to promote vitrification in glass or ceramics.
   • ▪ a substance added to a furnace during metal-smelting or glass-making which combines with impurities to form slag.

   verb

   • 1. treat (a metal object) with a flux to promote melting.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin fluxus, from fluere ‘to flow’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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