Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.
To use flux on. · To melt. · To flow as a liquid.
The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream. · A state of ongoing change. · A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding. · The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity), especially an electric or magnetic field, through a given surface.
From Old French flux, from Latin fluxus (“flow”).
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