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References and Products to Review and Consider. [Additional items in this category are here.] Latest books on: Flux Flux: Women on Sex, Work, Love, Kids, and Life in a Half-Changed World by Peggy Orenstein Mtv's Aeon Flux: The Herodotus File by Mark Mars Asymptote: Flux by Lise Anne Couture Democracies in Flux: The Evolution of Social Capital in Contemporary Society by Robert D. Putnam Flinx in Flux by Alan Dean Foster Sediment Flux Modeling (Environmental Science and Technology) by Dominic M. Di Toro Trace Elements in Soil: Bioavailability, Flux and Transfer by I. K. Iskandar Flux by Stephen Baxter Flux: Tales of Human Futures by Orson Scott Card Baltimore Transitions: Views of an American City in Flux by Mark B. Miller Knowledge in Flux: Modeling the Dynamics of Epistemic States by Peter Gardenfors My Life in Flux: And Vice Versa by Emmett Williams AC Losses and Flux Pinning and Formation of Stripe Phase (Studies of High Temperature Superconductors, Volume 33) by A. V. Narlikar The Hong Kong-Guangdong Link: Partnership in Flux (Hong Kong Becoming China: The Transition to 1997) by Reginald Yin-Wang Kwok Wassily Kandinsky by Paul Flux "Coordinate Terms" search of noun "Flux" 7 senses of flux Sense 1 flux -- (the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface) -> rate -- (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected") => acceleration -- ((physics) a rate of change of velocity) => attrition rate, rate of attrition -- (the rate of shrinkage in size or number) => birthrate, birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality -- (the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year) => bits per second, bps -- ((computer science) the rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem)) => crime rate -- (the ratio of crimes in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year) => data rate -- (the rate at which circuits or other devices operate when handling digital information) => deathrate, death rate, morbidity, mortality, mortality rate, fatality rate -- (the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year) => dose rate -- (the quantity of radiation absorbed per unit time) => erythrocyte sedimentation rate, ESR, sedimentation rate, sed rate -- (the rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions; a high rate usually indicates the presence of inflammation) => flow, flow rate, rate of flow -- (the amount of fluid that flows in a given time) => flux -- (the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface) => frequency, frequence, oftenness -- (the number of occurrences within a given time period (usually 1 second); "the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second") => gigahertz, GHz, gigacycle per second, gigacycle, Gc -- (1,000,000,000 periods per second) => growth rate, rate of growth -- (the rate of increase in size per unit time) => Hertz, Hz, cycle per second, cycles/second, cps, cycle -- (the unit of frequency; one Hertz has a periodic interval of one second) => inflation rate, rate of inflation -- (the rate of change of prices (as indicated by a price index) calculated on a monthly or annual basis) => jerk, rate of acceleration -- ((mechanics) the rate of change of velocity) => kilohertz, kHz, kilocycle per second, kilocycle, kc -- (one thousand periods per second) => kilometers per hour, kilometres per hour, kph, km/h -- (the ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours)) => megahertz, MHz, megacycle per second, megacycle, Mc -- (one million periods per second) => metabolic rate -- (rate of metabolism; the amount of energy expended in a give period) => miles per hour, mph -- (the ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours)) => pace, gait -- (the rate of moving (especially walking or running)) => pulse, pulse rate, heart rate -- (the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health) => respiratory rate, rate of respiration -- (the rate at which a person inhales and exhales; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health) => revolutions per minute, rpm, rev -- (rate of revolution of a motor; "the engine was doing 6000 revs") => sampling rate -- ((telecommunications) the frequency of sampling per unit time) => solar constant -- (the rate at which radiant solar energy is received at the outer layer of the earth's atmosphere) => spacing -- (the time between occurrences of a repeating event; "some women do not control the spacing of their children") => speed, velocity -- (distance travelled per unit time) => tempo, pace -- (the rate of some repeating event) => words per minute, wpm -- (the rate at which words are produced (as in speaking or typing)) Sense 2 flux, fluxion -- (a flow or discharge) -> flow, flowing -- (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)) => fountain, jet -- (an artificially produced flow of water) => ebb, reflux -- (the outward flow of the tide) => flood -- (the inward flow of the tide; "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare) => backflow, backflowing -- (a flow that returns toward its source) => airflow -- (the flow of air) => current, stream -- (a steady flow (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air") => freshet, spate -- (the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow) => overflow, runoff, overspill -- (the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity) => discharge, outpouring, run -- (the pouring forth of a fluid) => flux, fluxion -- (a flow or discharge) => seepage, ooze, oozing -- (the process of seeping) => drip, trickle, dribble -- (flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof") => emission -- (the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)) => flush, gush, outpouring -- (a sudden rapid flow (as of water); "he heard the flush of a toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked him with an outpouring of words") => rush, spate, surge, upsurge -- (a sudden forceful flow) Sense 3 flux -- (a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed) -> chemical -- (produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules) => explosive -- (a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck) => reactant -- (a chemical substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction) => Alar, daminozide -- (a growth-regulating chemical sprayed on fruit trees; entire crop can be harvested at one time) => carrier -- (an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction) => bactericide, bacteriacide -- (any chemical agent that destroys bacteria) => carbon tetrahalide -- (compounds composed of 1 carbon and 4 halogen molecules) => fertilizer, fertiliser, plant food -- (any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile) => flux -- (a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed) => fumigant -- (a chemical substance used in fumigation) => herbicide, weedkiller, weed killer -- (a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth) => intermediate -- (a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained) => fraction -- (a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process) => larvicide -- (a chemical used to kill larval pests) => pesticide -- (a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)) => product -- (a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction; "a product of lime and nitric acid") => restrainer -- (a chemical that is added to a photographic developer in order to retard development and reduce the amount of fog on a film) => stabilizer -- (a chemical that is added to a solution or mixture or suspension to maintain it in a stable or unchanging state) => softener -- (a substance added to another to make it less hard) Sense 4 flux -- (excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea)) -> pathology -- (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition) => acidosis -- (abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues) => alkalosis -- (abnormally high alkalinity (low hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues) => ankylosis, anchylosis -- (abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint) => arteriectasis, arteriectasia -- (an abnormal distension of an artery) => asynergy, asynergia -- (absence of coordination of organs or body parts that usually work together harmoniously) => asystole, cardiac arrest, cardiopulmonary arrest -- (absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death) => diverticulosis -- (presence of diverticula in the walls of the colon) => flux -- (excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea)) => fluorosis -- (a pathological condition resulting for an excessive intake of fluorine (usually from drinking water)) => gammopathy -- (a disturbance in the synthesis of immunoglobulins; proteins having antibody activity increase greatly in the blood) => glossolalia -- (repetitive nonsense speech) => angiopathy -- (any disease of the blood vessels or lymph ducts) => aphagia -- (loss of the ability to swallow) => stenosis, stricture -- (abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway) => atherogenesis -- (the formation of atheromas on the walls of the arteries as in atherosclerosis) => ascites -- (accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity) => azymia -- (absence of an enzyme) => bacteremia, bacteriemia, bacteriaemia -- (transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood) => sclerosis, induration -- (any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue) => lipomatosis -- (pathology in which fat accumulates in lipomas in the body) => lithiasis -- (the formation of stones (calculi) in an internal organ) => cartilaginification -- (abnormal formation of cartilage from other tissues; observed in some Orientals) => cyst -- (a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure) => endometriosis, adenomyosis -- (the presence of endometrium elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus; causes premenstrual pain and dysmenorrhea) => adhesion -- (abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen) => hemochromatosis, iron-storage disease, iron overload, bronzed diabetes -- (pathology in which iron accumulates in the tissues; characterized by bronzed skin and enlarged liver and diabetes mellitus and abnormalities of the pancreas and the joints) => infarct, infarction -- (localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply) => macrocytosis -- (the presence of macrocytes in the blood) => fibrosis -- (development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ) => malacia -- (a state of abnormal softening of tissue) => neuropathy -- (any pathology of the peripheral nerves) => myopathy -- (any pathology of the muscles that is not attributable to nerve dysfunction) => osteoporosis -- (abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium; most common in postmenopausal women) => priapism -- (condition in which the penis is continually erect; usually painful and seldom with sexual arousal) => demineralization, demineralisation -- (abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone)) => pyorrhea, pyorrhoea -- (discharge of pus) => uremia, uraemia, azotemia, azotaemia -- (accumulation in the blood of nitrogen-bearing waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine) => azoturia -- (excess of urea in the urine) => lesion -- (any visible abnormal structural change in a bodily part) => gangrene, sphacelus, slough -- (necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass) => hyperbilirubinemia -- (abnormally high amounts of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood) => palilalia -- (a pathological condition in which a word is rapidly and involuntarily repeated) => reflux -- (an abnormal backward flow of body fluids) => otorrhea -- (discharge from the external ear) => rhinopathy -- (any disease or malformation of the nose) => hydronephrosis -- (accumulation of urine in the kidney because of an obstruction in the ureter) => atelectasis -- (collapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants); also failure of pulmonary alveoli to expand at birth) => anoxemia -- (abnormally low oxygen content in arterial blood) => coprolalia -- (an uncontrollable use of obscene language; often accompanied by mental disorders) => autoimmunity -- (production of antibodies against the tissues of your own body; produces autoimmune disease or hypersensitivity reactions) => dysfunction, disfunction -- ((medical) any disturbance in the function of an organ or body part) => sarcoidosis -- (a chronic disease of unknown cause marked by the formation of nodules in the lungs and liver and lymph glands and salivary glands) => carotenemia, xanthemia -- (excess carotene in the blood stream; can cause the skin to turn a pale yellow-red color) => stasis -- (an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped) => uropathy -- (any pathology of the urinary tract) => varicosis -- (pathological condition of being varicose or having varicose veins) => viremia, viraemia -- (the presence of a virus in the blood stream; "viremia spread the smallpox virus to the internal organs") => volvulus -- (abnormal twisting of the intestines (usually in the are of the ileum or sigmoid colon) resulting in intestinal obstruction) Sense 5 magnetic field, magnetic flux, flux -- (the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle) -> field, field of force, force field -- (the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it) => electric field -- (a field of force surrounding a charged particle) => gravitational field -- (a field of force surrounding a body of finite mass) => magnetic field, magnetic flux, flux -- (the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle) => radiation field -- (a field that represents the energy lost from the radiator to space) Sense 6 flux density, flux -- ((physics) the number of flux changes per unit area) -> concentration, density, denseness, compactness -- (the spatial property of being crowded together) => bits per inch, bpi -- ((computer science) a measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium) => flux density, flux -- ((physics) the number of flux changes per unit area) Sense 7 flux -- (in constant change; "his opinions are in flux") -> change -- (the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election") => about-face, volte-face, reversal, policy change -- (a reversal in attitude or principle or point of view; "an about-face on foreign policy") => adulteration -- (the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another)) => move, relocation -- (the act of changing your residence or place of business; "they say that three moves equal one fire") => filtration -- (the act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter) => reduction, simplification -- (the act of reducing complexity) => decimalization, decimalisation -- (the act of changing to a decimal system; "the decimalization of British currency") => metrification, metrication -- (the act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds) => variation -- (the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard; "who is responsible for these variations in taxation?") => turning -- (act of changing in practice or custom; "the law took many turnings over the years") => diversification, variegation -- (the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered); "my broker recommended a greater diversification of my investments"; "he limited his losses by diversification of his product line") => flux -- (in constant change; "his opinions are in flux") => switch, switching, shift -- (the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election") => substitution, exchange, commutation -- (the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help") => promotion -- (act of raising in rank or position) => demotion -- (act of lowering in rank or position) => change of state -- (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics) => alteration, modification, adjustment -- (the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)) => motion, movement, move -- (the act of changing your location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path") => movement -- (the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel") => motion, movement, move, motility -- (a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility") => change of direction, reorientation -- (the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented) => change of magnitude -- (the act of changing the amount or size of something) => change of integrity -- (the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something) => conversion -- (the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another) => updating -- (the act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something); "criminal records need regular updating") => change of shape -- (an action that changes the shape of something) => nationalization, nationalisation -- (the action of rendering national in character) => communization, communisation -- (a change from private property to public property owned by the community) => secularization, secularisation -- (the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion) Explore more about Flux Pinnacles of Civilization * from Wordnet 1.7.1 (++) Innovations and emerging technologies in Flux, Patent List (when available) for Flux: 6,496,733: Transcutaneous energy transfer device with magnetic field protected components in secondary coil 6,496,728: Methods for extracting substances using alternating current 6,496,675: Magnet roller 6,496,665: Image forming apparatus and fixing device 6,496,636: Support planar and tapered quasi-planar germanium waveguides for infrared evanescent-wave sensing 6,496,618: Fiber-optic channel selecting apparatus 6,496,597: Generating image data 6,496,550: Time interleaved digital signal processing in a read channel with reduced noise configuration 6,496,536: System and method for estimating power 6,496,397: Inverter device 6,496,354: Multilayer capacitor 6,496,338: Spin-valve magnetoresistive sensor including a first antiferromagnetic layer for increasing a coercive force and a second antiferromagnetic layer for imposing a longitudinal bias 6,496,337: Copper alloy GMR recording head 6,496,336: MR lead structure for controlling arcing across thin dielectric film 6,496,335: Magnetic head shield structure having high magnetic stability 6,496,334: Data storage and retrieval apparatus with thin film read head having planarized extra gap and shield layers and method of fabrication thereof 6,496,330: Magnetic write head having a splitcoil structure 6,496,329: Highly aligned thin film tape head 6,496,328: Low inductance, ferrite sub-gap substrate structure for surface film magnetic recording heads 6,496,321: Magnetic recording/reproducing device using composite head 6,496,257: Projection exposure apparatus and method 6,496,254: Method and device for inspecting objects 6,496,250: Combinatorial method foe development of optical ceramics 6,496,248: Stage device and exposure apparatus and method 6,496,238: Construction of large, robust, monolithic and monolithic-like, AMLCD displays with wide view angle 6,496,219: Automatic system for detecting printing faults on metallized strips or any other printing support comprising a predominance of specular color surfaces 6,496,218: Stereoscopic image display apparatus for detecting viewpoint and forming stereoscopic image while following up viewpoint position 6,496,214: Image forming elements array, and optical printing head and image forming apparatus using the array 6,496,207: Collision detection apparatus and method for avatars in a three-dimensional virtual space 6,496,194: Halftone display method and display apparatus for reducing halftone disturbances occurring in moving image portions 6,496,176: Liquid crystal device and method for driving the same 6,496,172: Liquid crystal display device, active matrix type liquid crystal display device, and method of driving the same 6,496,122: Image display and remote control system capable of displaying two distinct images 6,496,114: Method and apparatus using laser enhanced dielectrokinesis to locate entities 6,496,105: Power transfer apparatus for concurrently transmitting data and power over data wires 6,496,093: Displacement device 6,496,091: Dimensioning of a superconducting shim device in a superconducting magnet arrangement 6,496,059: Clas-N amplifer 6,496,019: Temperature compensated pressure sensor network 6,496,008: Flux plane locating in an underground drilling system 6,496,007: MRI apparatus 6,496,005: Magnetometer for detecting a magnetic field associated with nuclear magnetic spins or electron spins 6,496,002: Rotation detector having a plurality of magnetism detection elements, a plurality of magnetic resistors which are able to switch the resistance from great to small and vice-versa 6,495,986: Safe speed monitoring for sensor-free three-phase drives 6,495,985: Operation of a switched reluctance machine from dual supply voltages 6,495,980: Apparatus and method for sensing laundry amount in a washing machine 6,495,969: Series-resonant ballast having overload control 6,495,963: Inductive coil assembly having multiple coil segments for plasma processing apparatus 6,495,962: Metal halide lamp and a vehicle lighting apparatus using the lamp reserved 2 |