Dictionary Entry
flux
flux is a 4-letter English word with 22 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 22 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.
- 2noun
The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the reflux.
- 3noun
The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.
- 4noun
Any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, lime, fluorite.
- 5noun
A fluid discharge from the bowels or other part; especially, an excessive and morbid discharge; as, the bloody flux or dysentery. See Bloody flux.
- 6noun
The matter thus discharged.
- 7noun
The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time.
- 8noun
Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.
- 9transitive verb
To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux.
- 10transitive verb
To cause to become fluid; to fuse.
- 11transitive verb
To cause a discharge from; to purge.
- 12noun
in constant change
"his opinions are in flux"
"the newness and flux of the computer industry"
- 13noun
(physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area
- 14noun
a flow or discharge
Synonyms
- 15noun
the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle
- 16noun
a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action
"the flux following the death of the emperor"
- 17noun
excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea)
- 18noun
a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed
- 19noun
the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface
- 20verb
mix together different elements
"The colors blend well"
- 21verb
become liquid or fluid when heated
"the frozen fat liquefied"
- 22verb
move or progress freely as if in a stream
"The crowd flowed out of the stadium"
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