Flux vs Fluctuation - What's the difference?
flux | fluctuation |
The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.
* Arbuthnot
A state of ongoing change.
* Trench
* Felton
A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.
(physics) The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity) through a given surface, specifically electric flux, magnetic flux.
(archaic) A disease which causes diarrhea, especially dysentery.
(archaic) diarrhea or other fluid discharge from the body
The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.
To use flux.
To melt.
To flow as a liquid.
Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.
* a'' 1677 , (Isaac Barrow), "On Contentment", Sermon XL, in ''The Theological Works , Volume 2, Clarendon Press, 1818,
A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction.
A wavering; unsteadiness.
In medicine, a wave-like motion or undulation of a fluid in a natural or abnormal cavity (e.g. pus in an abscess), which is felt during palpation or percussion.
As nouns the difference between flux and fluctuation
is that flux is the act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream while fluctuation is a motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction.As a verb flux
is to use flux.As an adjective flux
is {{cx|archaic|lang=en}} Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.flux
English
(wikipedia flux)Noun
(es)- By the perpetual flux of the liquids, a great part of them is thrown out of the body.
- The schedule is in flux at the moment.
- Her image has escaped the flux of things, / And that same infant beauty that she wore / Is fixed upon her now forevermore.
- 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.
Antonyms
* (state of ongoing change) stasisDerived terms
* black flux * electric flux * fluxlike * luminous flux * magnetic flux * white fluxVerb
- You have to flux the joint before soldering.
Adjective
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- The flux nature of all things here.
fluctuation
English
Noun
(en noun)- the fluctuations of the sea
- fluctuations of opinion
- fluctuations of prices