3. The state of beinng liquid through heat; fusion.
4. (Chem.& Metal.)
Defn: Any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, lime, fluorite.
Note: White flux is the residuum of the combustion of a mixture of equal parts of niter and tartar. It consists chiefly of the carbonate of potassium, and is white.- Black flux is the ressiduum of the combustion of one part of niter and two of tartar, and consists essentially of a mixture of potassium carbonate and charcoal.
5. (Med.) (a) A fluid discharge from the bowels or other part; especially, an excessive and morbid discharge; as, the bloody flux or dysentery. See Bloody flux. (b) The matter thus discharged.
6. (Physics)
Defn: The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time.
FLUX
Flux, a. Etym: [L. fluxus, p. p. of fluere. See Flux, n.]
Defn: Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.
The flux nature of all things here. Barrow.
FLUX
Flux, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fluxed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fluxing.]