the act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.-the setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the reflux.-the state of being liquid through heat; fusion.-any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, lime, fluorite.-a fluid discharge from the bowels or other part; especially, an excessive and morbid discharge; as, the bloody flux or dysentery. see bloody flux.-the matter thus discharged.-the quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time.-flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.-to affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux.-to cause to become fluid; to fuse.-to cause a discharge from; to purge.