flux
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7.7
- noun
- /flʌks/
- Specialized
:
flujo
- The scientists measured the flux of particles passing through the surface of the detector.
- magnetic flux
- heat flux
- radiative flux
Also known as PPFD, photosynthetic photon flux density.
- Also known as PPFD, photosynthetic photon flux density.
Examples
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Thus, this experiment will test the constancy of the flux of 8B neutrinos over the past several million years.
Academic text (1990) -
If this current changes, the flux through this solenoid changes.
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This is a low heat flux, low heat flux.
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So now the question is what is the rate of change of flux in this problem?
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But now you can obviously tell that some magnetic flux still goes through the steel.
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Sea surface temperatures can be reduced by increased reflection or increased evaporative flux from the ocean surface.
Academic text (1994) -
Soft iron plates direct the flux radially between the poles and create a closed magnetic circuit.
Academic text (1994) -
The magnetic flux is the line integral of A along some loop l with tangent tl.
Academic text (2012) -
Thus, traditional state-society relations are in flux as the formal sector shrinks and the informal expands.
Academic text (1990) -
Ballistic heat flux is detected with a tiny superconducting detector on the opposite surface.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
1
7.6
The amount of energy or particles that pass through each unit of area each second
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.1
The amount of magnetic field that goes through an area, for example a wire loop
- Specialized
1
7.6
The amount of energy or particles that pass through each unit of area each second
- Specialized
1
7.2
How much invisible force from a magnet passes through one square area
- Specialized
A measure of how much magnetic or electric field passes through an area, for example the tesla
- Specialized
A unit that measures the strength of a magnetic field through an area
How Intense
- Specialized
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7.7
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5.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flux comes from the Latin fluere, 'to flow', and is used in science to talk about how much of something passes through an area. So when scientists say flux, they mean the flow rate of energy, particles, or heat through a surface.