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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Flux

Flūx, n.

noun

n. [Lat. fluxus, from fluere, fluxum, to flow; Fr. & Pr. flux, Sp. & Pg. fluzo, It. flusso.] 1. The act of flowing; the motion or passing as of a fluid; quick succession; change; a concourse, as of persons. “The flux of company.” Shak. The parts of the body, we know, are in a continual flux. South. Her image has escaped the flux of things, And that same infant beauty that she wore Is fixed upon her now forevermore. Trench.

  1. The matter which flows, as the tide setting in toward the shore, the ebb being called the reflux.
  2. The state of being liquid; fusion.
  3. (Chem. & Metal.) Any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, &c.

White flux is carbonate or bi-tartrate of potash; black flux is the residuum of the deflagration of one part of niter and two of argol. 5. (Med.) (a.) The discharge of a fluid from the bowels or other part; especially, an excessive and morbid discharge; as, the bloody flux or dysentery. (b.) The matter thus discharged.

Flūx, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. fluxus, p. p. of fluere. See supra.] Flowing; inconstant; variable. [Obs.] “The flux nature of all things here.” Barrow.

Flŭx, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. FLUXED (flŭkst); p. pr. & vb. n. FLUXING.] 1. To cause to melt or become fluid; to fuse. One part of mineral alkali will flux two of silicious earth with effervescence. Kirwan. 2. (Med.) To cause a discharge from; to salivate; to purge. [Obs.] South.