1. (n.) A continuous changing, as of a flowing stream; constant succession.

2. (n.) The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the reflux.

3. (n.) The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.

4. (n.) Any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalis, borax, lime, fluorite.

5. (n.) A fluid discharge from the bowels or other part; especially, an excessive and morbid discharge; as, the bloody flux or dysentery. See Bloody flux.

6. (n.) The matter thus discharged.

7. (n.) The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time.

8. (n.) Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.

9. (v. t.) To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux.

10. (v. t.) To cause to become fluid; to fuse.

11. (v. t.) To cause a discharge from; to purge.