flux
pronunciation
How to pronounce flux in British English:
UK [flʌks]
How to pronounce flux in American English:
US [flʌks]
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- Noun:
- the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface
- a flow or discharge
- a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed
- excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea)
- a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action
- the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle
- (physics) the number of flux changes per unit area
- in constant change
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- Verb:
- move or progress freely as if in a stream
- become liquid or fluid when heated
- mix together different elements
Word Origin
- flux
- flux: [14] Flux denotes generally ‘flowing’, and comes from Latin fluxus, a derivative of the past participle of fluere ‘flow’. This verb, similar in form and meaning to English flow but in fact unrelated to it, is responsible for a very wide range of English words: its past participle has given us fluctuate [17], its present participle fluent [16] and a spectrum of derived forms, such as affluent, effluent [18], and influence, and other descendants include fluid [15] (literally ‘flowing’, from Latin fluidus), mellifluous (literally ‘flowing with honey’), superfluous [15], and fluvial [14] (from Latin fluvius ‘river’, a derivative of fluere).Latin fluxus also produced the card-playing term flush [16].=> affluent, effluent, fluctuate, fluent, fluid, influence, mellifluous, superfluous
- flux (n.)
- late 14c., "abnormally copious flow," from Old French flus "a flowing, a rolling; a bleeding" (Modern French flux), or directly from Latin fluxus (adj.) "flowing, loose, slack," past participle of fluere "to flow" (see fluent). Originally "excessive flow" (of blood or excrement), it also was an early name for "dysentery;" sense of "continuous succession of changes" is first recorded 1620s. The verb is early 15c., from the noun.
Example
- 1. Where was the device that connected charge and magnetic flux ?
- 2. Languages are constantly in flux , but it takes a rather long view to show just what a contingent and transitory thing a language can be at any point in time .
- 3. Currents create magnetic fields , leading to a third variable , magnetic flux , which characterises the field 's strength .
- 4. Finally , magnetic flux varies with time , leading to the quantity we call voltage .
- 5. Charge and current , and magnetic flux and voltage , are connected through their definitions .