Flux (disambiguation)
Flux is a rate of flow through a surface or substance in physics, or has a related meaning in applied mathematics.
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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
- Flux (software), a suite of VRML/X3D viewing/authoring software
- Flux (software company), a developer of workflow software
- f.lux, a program that adjusts the color temperature of a computer display
- Fast flux, a DNS technique used by botnets to hide phishing and malware delivery sites
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
- Alfred William Flux (1867–1942), British economist and statistician
- Robert Flux, guitarist of the band Oomph!
- Maarten van der Vleuten (born 1967), Dutch composer and producer, alias Flux
Art and entertainment
Fictional characters
- Flux (comics), a villain in the Marvel Comics universe
- Flux Wildly, a character in the computer game Toonstruck
Literature
- Flux (novel), a book by Stephen Baxter
- "Flux", a short story by Michael Moorcock
Music
- Flux (Love Spirals Downwards album)
- Flux (Rich Robinson album)
- "Flux" (Bloc Party song), 2007
- "Flux" (Ellie Goulding song), 2019
- "Flux", a song by Lamb of God from their 2000 album New American Gospel
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
Organizations
- Flux (political party), a political party in Australia
- The Flux Foundation, an arts non-profit group
Other uses
- Flux, Utah, a mining community
- Flow (psychology), often referred to as flux
- "Flux", the imagery of the River in the fragments of the presocratic philosopher Heraclitus
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