flux

== English == === Etymology === From Old French flux, from Latin fluxus (“flow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flʌks/ Rhymes: -ʌks === Noun === flux (countable and uncountable, plural fluxes) The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream. 1991, Mann, H., Fyfe, W., Tazaki, K., & Kerrich, R., Biological Accumulation of Different Chemical Elements by Microorganisms from Yellowstone National Park, USA. Mechanisms And Phylogeny Of Mineralization In Biological Systems, 357-362. Investigation of the silica budget for the Upper and Lower Geyser Basins of Yellowstone National Park by Truesdell et al. suggest that the present fluxes of hotspring water and thermal energy may have been continuous for at least the past 10,000 yr. A state of ongoing change. Antonym: stasis A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding. (physics) The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity), especially an electric or magnetic field, through a given surface. (archaic) A disease which causes diarrhea, especially dysentery. (archaic) Diarrhea or other fluid discharge from the body. The state of being liquid through heat; fusion. ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === flux (third-person singular simple present fluxes, present participle fluxing, simple past and past participle fluxed) (transitive) To use flux on. (transitive) To melt. (intransitive) To flow as a liquid. ==== Related terms ==== fluxion === Adjective === flux (not comparable) (uncommon) Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable. a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, "On Contentment", Sermon XL, in The Theological Works, Volume 2, Clarendon Press, 1818, page 375: The flux nature of all things here. ==== Related terms ==== fluxional ==== Related terms ==== fluctuant == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin flūxus. Doublet of fluix. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈfluks] === Noun === flux m (plural fluxos) flow ==== Related terms ==== fluir === Further reading === Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “flux”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) “flux”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “flux”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flʏks/ Rhymes: -ʏks Homophone: fluks === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin flūxus via French and English. ==== Noun ==== flux m (plural fluxen, diminutive fluxje n) flux ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See fluks. ==== Adjective ==== flux (comparative fluxer, superlative meest flux or fluxt) obsolete spelling of fluks == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fluxus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fly/ (Eʋe people in Southern Togo) IPA(key): /flyks/ === Noun === flux m (invariable) flow flood, flood tide Antonym: reflux (figurative) flood (an abundance of something) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “flux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Noun === flux oblique singular, m (oblique plural flux, nominative singular flux, nominative plural flux) diarrhea (rapid passage of fecal matter through the bowels) == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French flux. === Noun === flux n (plural fluxuri) flow (the flow of the tide) ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French flux. Doublet of flujo and flojo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfluɡs/ [ˈfluɣ̞s] Rhymes: -uɡs Syllabification: flux === Noun === flux m (plural fluxes) (poker) flush (hand consisting of all cards with the same suit) Synonym: color (Venezuela, colloquial, Dominican Republic, dated) suit (set of clothes) Synonyms: terno, traje === Further reading === “flux”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “flux”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010