flux
/flʌks/noun
Definitions
The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.
A state of ongoing change.
Example: Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux.
A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.
Example: 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.
Example: That high a neutron flux would be lethal in seconds.
verb
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To use flux on.
Example: You have to flux the joint before soldering.
To melt.
To flow as a liquid.
adjective
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Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.