Flux (disambiguation)

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Flux is a scientific term describing the rate of flow of something through a surface.

Flux may also refer to:

Science, technology, and medicine

• Magnetic flux, a measure of quantity of magnetism
• Electric flux, a measure of quantity of electricity
• Flux (metallurgy), a substance which increases flow and melting of slag in metal extraction, or facilitates metal joining by chemically cleaning the metals to be joined
• Flux (biology)
• Luminous flux
• Ceramic flux, a substance which lowers the melting point and promotes glass formation in ceramic materials and glasses
• Secondary flux (ceramics), a substance which acts as a ceramic flux in combination with other materials or at higher temperatures
• Flow (psychology), often referred to as flux
• Flux (metabolism), the rate of turnover of molecules through a metabolic pathway
• Dysentery or other diseases causing the loss of fluid by diarrhea or hemorrhage
• Historically, rheumatism, thought to be caused by an excessive flow of rheum or fluid into a joint
• 4-Fluoroamphetamine (4-FA; PAL-303; "Flux"), a central nervous system stimulant with quasi-amphetamine effects

Arts and entertainment

• "Flux", to refer to the imagery of the River in the fragments of the presocratic philosopher Heraclitus
• "Flux", a song by Lamb of God from their 2000 album New American Gospel
• "Flux (song)", by Bloc Party from their 2007 album A Weekend in the City
• Fluxus, an art movement
• Flux (novel), a book by Stephen Baxter
• The Flux Foundation, an arts non-profit group
• Flux Magazine (US), a music, comic book and video game magazine of the 1990s
• Flux (comics), a fictional villain in the Marvel Comics universe
• MTV Flux, a television channel in the United Kingdom and Japan
• "Flux", a short story by Michael Moorcock
• Flux (Galactik Football), a fictional fluid/force used in the series Galactik Football
• Flux Wildly, a character from the computer game Toonstruck
• Robert Flux, guitarist of the band Oomph!
• Fluxx, a card game

Software

• 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

Geography

• Flux, Utah, a mining community

Other

• Flux (political party), full name "VOTEFLUX.ORG | Upgrade Democracy!", a registered political party in Australia abbreviated as Flux