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The correct spelling is fluxes.
How to pronounce fluxes
noun
Say it like: Flu-xes
The correct spelling is fluxes. The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream. For example: "Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux."
Usage Examples
“Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux.”
“It is important to use flux when soldering or oxides on the metal will prevent a good bond.”
“That high a neutron flux would be lethal in seconds.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.
- 2.A state of ongoing change.
- 3.A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.
- 4.The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity) through a given surface, specifically electric flux, magnetic flux.
- 5.A disease which causes diarrhea, especially dysentery.
verb
- 1.To use flux on.
- 2.To melt.
- 3.To flow as a liquid.
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