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Flux (disambiguation)

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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

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Biology and healthcare

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  • 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

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Physics and engineering

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Materials

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  • Flux (metallurgy), a chemical reducing 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

Something integrated over a surface

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  • Electric flux, the electric field through a surface integrated over the surface's area
  • Luminous flux, luminous intensity integrated over solid angle. Used in photometry
  • Magnetic flux, magnetic field through a surface integrated over the surface's area
  • Radiant flux, the total power emitted by a source. Used in radiometry

Something per unit area

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People with the name

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Art and entertainment

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Fictional characters

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Literature

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Music

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Other uses in art and entertainment

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  • 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

Other uses

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See also

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