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UK
/flˈʌks/
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[ US /ˈfɫəks/ ]
[ US /ˈfɫəks/ ]
NOUN
- a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed
- the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface
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in constant change
the newness and flux of the computer industry
his opinions are in flux - (physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area
- a flow or discharge
- excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea)
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a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action
the flux following the death of the emperor - the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle
VERB
-
mix together different elements
The colors blend well -
become liquid or fluid when heated
the frozen fat liquefied -
move or progress freely as if in a stream
The crowd flowed out of the stadium
How To Use flux In A Sentence
- Such an influx of refugees did a great deal to anger the respective governments of those countries that took in the refugees.
- The digital flux that frames our experience of physical and socio-political realities functions through continuous additions, subtractions, and disappearances.
- The second version occurs as Corollary 2 to Proposition 7 and was thought of as a method of expanding solutions of fluxional equations in infinite series.
- What is called effluxion is a destruction of the embryo within the first week, while abortion occurs up to the fortieth day; and the greater number of such embryos as perish do so within the space of these forty days. The History of Animals
- Smaller than this Common Burnet is the Salad Burnet, _Poterium sanguisorba, quod sanguineos fluxus sistat_, a useful [431] styptic, which is also cordial, and promotes perspiration. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
- During periods of punctuated equilibrium everything is in flux, disequilibrium becomes the norm, and uncertainty reigns!
- With the floor of the channel shallowing from 200 metres to 60 metres and at the same time a rock pinnacle, like a finger, rising up from the sea bed to 29 metres from the surface, there is no surprise that the whirlpool was once described as a 'conflux so dreadful that it spurns all description. Found While Looking for Something Else
- A 1D heat conduction is solved numerically for fluxes in and out of surfaces. Archive 2008-10-01
- The Scottish Medicines Consortium has previously accepted this product for use in patients in the 12-17 years age group, for the treatment of erosive reflux oesophagitis, the long-term management of patients with healed oesophagitis to prevent relapse, and the symptomatic treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. SMC Issues Positive Recommendation on esomeprazole 10mg (Nexium(R)) For Children Aged one to 11 Years old in Scotland With Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD) - Yahoo! Finance
- The surface weather which is experienced is but an indicator of the considerable flux and resultant turbulence which occurs in the range of atmosphere from the surface to high above.
