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Webster 1913 Edition
Flux
Flux
(flŭks)
, Noun.
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
And that same infant beauty that she wore
Is fixed upon her now forevermore.
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.
(Chem. & Metal.)
Any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, lime, fluorite.
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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
. See flux
or dysenteryBloody flux
. (b)
The matter thus discharged.
6.
(Physics)
The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time.
Flux
,Adj.
Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.
The
flux
nature of all things here. Barrow.
Flux
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Fluxed
(flŭkst)
; 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.
Kirwan.
3.
(Med.)
To cause a discharge from; to purge.
Webster 1828 Edition
Flux
FLUX
,Noun.
1.
The act of flowing; the motion or passing of a fluid.2.
The moving or passing of any thing in continued succession. Things in this life, are in a continual flux.3.
Any flow or issue of matter. In medicine, an extraordinary issue or evacuation from the bowels or other part; as the bloody flux or dysentery, hepatic flux, &c.4.
In hydrography, the flow of the tide. The ebb is called reflux.5.
In metallurgy, any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, tartar and other saline matter, or in large operations limestone or fluor. Alkaline fluxes are either the crude, the white or the black flux.6.
Fusion; a liquid state from the operation of heat.7.
That which flows or is discharged.8.
Concourse; confluence. [Little used.]FLUX
,Adj.
FLUX
,Verb.
T.
1.
To melt; to fuse; to make fluid.One part of mineral alkali will flux two of siliceous earth with effervescence.
2.
To salivate. [Little used.]