Flux — Defs

01 n. The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.

1.
The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.
“By the perpetual flux of the liquids, a great part of them is thrown out of the body.” — Arbuthnot.

“Her image has escaped the flux of things, And that same infant beauty that she wore Is fixed upon her now forevermore.” — Trench.

“Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux.” — Felton.
2.
The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the reflux.
3.
The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.
4.
Any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, lime, fluorite.(Chem. & Metal.)
5.
A fluid discharge from the bowels or other part; especially, an excessive and morbid discharge; as, the bloody flux or dysentery. See Bloody flux.(Med.) See: Bloody flux
6.
The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time.(Physics)

02 a. Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.

1.
Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.
“The flux nature of all things here.” — Barrow.

03 v. t. To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux.

imp. & p. p. Fluxed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fluxing

1.
To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux.
“He might fashionably and genteelly . . . have been dueled or fluxed into another world.” — South.
2.
To cause to become fluid; to fuse.
3.
To cause a discharge from; to purge.(Med.)