Flux (disambiguation)
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Flux comes from Latin and means flow.
Science, technology, and medicine
- Flux, a scientific term describing the rate of flow of something through a surface
- 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
- 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 the band Lamb of God, from their 2000 album, New American Gospel
- "Flux (song)", a song by the band Bloc Party, from their 2007 album, A Weekend in the City
- "Flux and Flow", a song by the singer Lights, from her 2011 album, Siberia
- Fluxus, an art movement
- Flux, a dark spell from the Fire Emblem game series
- Flux (novel), a book by Stephen Baxter
- The Flux Foundation, an arts non-profit group
- Flux Magazine (US), a music, comic book & video game magazine of the 1990s
- Flux (comics), a fictional villain in the Marvel Comics universe
- Flux of Pink Indians, a British anarcho-punk band
- Flux Capacitor, a fictional time travel device from the Back to the Future trilogy of films
- 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
- Æon Flux (disambiguation), a science fiction television series, film, comic book, and video game
- Flux, a playable hero in the computer game Heroes of Newerth
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