1. течение; поток a flux of air —- поток воздуха a flux of words —- поток слов 2. прилив flux and reflux —- прилив и отлив; появление и исчезновение 3. постоянное изменение (состояния); постоянное движение in a state of flux —- в состоянии непрерывного изменения 4. мед. истечение; обильное отделение (слюны и т. п.) 5. понос bloody flux —- дизентерия, кровавый понос 6. физ. поток flux of radiation —- поток излучения, лучистый поток 7. тех. разжижитель 8. флюс, плавень 9. дор. гудрон 10. течь, вытекать, истекать 11. тех. плавить, разжижать 12. тех. плавиться, делаться жидким 13. обрабатывать флюсом; переводить в шлак 14. мед. уст. давать слабительное ...
n. & v. --n. 1 a process of flowing or flowing out. 2 an issue or discharge. 3 continuous change (in a state of flux). 4 Metallurgy a substance mixed with a metal etc. to promote fusion. 5 Physics a the rate of flow of any fluid across a given area. b the amount of fluid crossing an area in a given time. 6 Physics the amount of radiation or particles incident on an area in a given time. 7 Electr. the total electric or magnetic field passing through a surface. 8 Med. an abnormal discharge of blood or excrement from the body. --v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become fluid. 2 tr. a fuse. b treat with a fusing flux. Etymology: ME f. OF flux or L fluxus f. fluere flux- flow ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ~us, from Latin, flow, from fluere to flow — more at fluid Date: 14th century 1. a flowing of fluid from the body: as a. diarrhea b. dysentery 2. a continuous moving on or passing by (as of a stream) 3. a continued flow ; flood 4. a. in~ b. change, fluctuation in a state of ~ 5. a substance used to promote fusion (as of metals or minerals); especially one (as rosin) applied to surfaces to be joined by soldering, brazing, or welding to clean and free them from oxide and promote their union 6. the rate of transfer of fluid, particles, or energy across a given surface II. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to cause to become fluid 2. to treat with a ~ intransitive verb to become fluid ; fuse ...
If something is in a state of flux, it is constantly changing. Education remains in a state of flux which will take some time to settle down. N-UNCOUNT: oft in N ...
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~ n 1 be in (a state of) flux to be changing a lot so that you cannot be sure what will happen (The education system is in a state of flux, with new requirements constantly being added.) 2 a substance that is added to a metal to help it melt or when sticking two pieces of metal together; solder1 ...
- 12c., from O.Fr. flux, from L. fluxus, pp. of fluere "to flow." Originally "excessive flow" (of blood or excrement); an early name for "dysentery;" sense of "continuous succession of changes" is first recorded 1625. ...