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flux — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • feed verb To give food to a person or animal.
  • flow noun The continuous, smooth movement of a liquid, gas, or stream of things.
  • flux noun A state of continuous change.
  • issue noun A subject or problem that people discuss or disagree about.
  • run verb To move quickly on foot, faster than walking.
  • stream noun A small natural flow of water, smaller than a river.
  • streaming noun Watching or listening to audio or video sent continuously over the internet, rather than downloaded first.

Senses

flux is used for these senses in English:

  • flood tide The period between low tide and the next high tide of the sea as the water flows toward the shore
  • flow (math) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.
  • flow The rising movement of the tide.
  • flux (physics) The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity), especially an electric or magnetic field, through a given surface.
  • issue Someone or something that flows out or comes out, particularly:
  • run A flow of liquid; a leak.
  • stream (computing) A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
  • streaming (computing) The transmission of digital audio or video, or the reception or playback of such data without first storing it.

feed — full definition

  1. verb To give food to a person or animal.
  2. verb To supply material into a machine or process.
  3. noun Food given to farm animals or pets.
  4. noun A continuously updated stream of online content, such as posts from social media.

flow — full definition

  1. noun The continuous, smooth movement of a liquid, gas, or stream of things.
  2. noun A state of complete focus and absorption in an activity, often called "being in the zone."
  3. verb To move steadily and continuously, like a liquid.

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