Flux is a rate of flow through a surface or substance in physics, and has a related meaning in applied mathematics.

Flux may also refer to:

Science and technology

Biology and healthcare

  • Flux (biology), movement of a substance between compartments
  • Flux (metabolism), the rate of turnover of molecules through a metabolic pathway
  • 4-Fluoroamphetamine (4-FA; PAL-303; "Flux"), a central nervous system stimulant with quasi-amphetamine effects
  • Dysentery, or other diseases called "flux", which cause the loss of fluid by diarrhea or hemorrhage
  • Rheumatism (historically), or "flux", thought to be caused by an excessive flow of rheum or fluid into a joint
  • Slime flux, a bacterial disease that occurs on certain trees

Computing

Physics and engineering

  • Flux (metallurgy), a chemical cleaning agent, flowing agent, or purifying agent enhancing success in soldering and like joining of metals
  • Ceramic flux, a substance which lowers the melting point and promotes glass formation in ceramic materials and glasses
    • Secondary flux, a substance which acts as a ceramic flux in combination with other materials or at higher temperatures
  • Electric flux, a measure of quantity of electricity
  • Luminous flux, in photometry
  • Magnetic flux, a measure of quantity of magnetism
  • Radiant flux, in radiometry

People with the name

Art and entertainment

Fictional characters

Literature

Music

Other uses in art and entertainment

  • Flux (magazine), a music, comic book and video game magazine of the 1990s
  • MTV Flux, a former television channel in the United Kingdom and Japan
  • Doctor Who: Flux, the thirteenth series of the British science fiction television programme

Organizations

Other uses

See also

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