fluxes Definition

flux
noun fluxes

1. A flow of matter; the act of flowing.
2. Constant change; instability.

Thesaurus: fluctuation, change, alteration, motion, movement, transition, mutability, fluidity; instability, chaos, unrest; Antonym: stability.
3. Any substance added to another in order to aid the process of melting.
4. In the smelting of metal ores: any substance that is added so that it will combine with impurities which can then be removed as a flowing mass of slag.
5. Any substance, such as a resin, that is used to remove oxides from the surfaces of metals that are to be soldered, welded or brazed.
6. physics.
The rate of flow of particles, energy, mass or some other quantity per unit cross-sectional area per unit time. See also luminous flux and magnetic flux.
7. pathol.
An excessive discharge of fluid from the body.

verb fluxes, fluxed, fluxing

1. To apply flux to (a metal, etc) when soldering.
tr & intr
2. To make or become fluid.

Idiom: be in a state of flux

To be in an unsettled state or a state of indecision.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin fluxus flow.