flux
Meaning of flux
noun
- the action or process of flowing or flowing out.
the flux of ions across the membrane
- an abnormal discharge of blood or other matter from or within the body.
- continuous change.
since the fall of the wall Berlin has been a city in flux
the whole political system is in a state of flux
- 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.
verb
treat (a metal object) with a flux to promote melting.
late Middle English: from Latin fluxus, from fluere ‘to flow’.
Information about flux
- The plural form of flux is: fluxes.
- Languages in which flux is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of flux
flux
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- flux is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
flux synonyms
Meaning fluxion:
Meaning flow:
Meaning liquefy:
Meaning blend:
blend, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
Meaning lack of consistency or fixed pattern; liability to vary or change:
Meaning the ability of a substance to flow easily:
Meaning the state of being unstable; lack of stability:
Meaning inability to be predicted; changeability:
Meaning the state or quality of being irregular:
Meaning inability to be relied upon or trusted:
Meaning changeability, especially as regards one's loyalties or affections:
Meaning an irregular rising and falling in number or amount; a variation:
Meaning a change or slight difference in condition, amount, or level, typically within certain limits:
Meaning a slight change in position, direction, or tendency:
Meaning the action or process of altering or being altered:
Meaning a seat suspended by ropes or chains, on which someone may sit and swing back and forth:
Meaning an act of moving:
Meaning movement back and forth in a regular rhythm:
Meaning the repeated occurrence of two things in turn:
flux antonyms
Meaning the state of being stable:
Translation of flux
- Spanish: flujo, fluir, mezclar, combinar, fundir, fusionar, amalgamar
- German: Fluss, fließen, mischen, vermischen, zusammenmischen
- French: couler, mélanger, combiner, mêler, amalgamer, entremêler
- Portuguese: fluir
- Italian: scorrere, fluire, mischiare, fondere, combinare
Words that rhyme with flux
Deflux, antireflux, deflux, reflux, afflux, efflux, antiflux, chemiflux, seriflux, conflux, influx, nonflux, Vasoflux, retroflux, counterflux, interflux, superflux, transflux, outflux
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