Flux is a rate of flow through a surface or substance in physics, and has a related meaning in applied mathematics.
Flux may also refer to:
Science and technology
Biology and healthcare
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Flux (biology), movement of a substance between compartments
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Flux (metabolism), the rate of turnover of molecules through a metabolic pathway
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4-Fluoroamphetamine (4-FA; PAL-303; "Flux"), a central nervous system stimulant with quasi-amphetamine effects
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Dysentery, or other diseases called "flux", which cause the loss of fluid by diarrhea or hemorrhage
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Rheumatism (historically), or "flux", thought to be caused by an excessive flow of rheum or fluid into a joint
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Slime flux, a bacterial disease that occurs on certain trees
Computing
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Flux (machine-learning framework)
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Flux (graphics software), a suite of VRML/X3D viewing/authoring software
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Flux (software company), a developer of workflow software
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Flux (text-to-image model), a suite of text-to-image model developed by Black Forest Labs
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f.lux, a program that adjusts the color temperature of a computer display
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Fast flux, a DNS technique used by botnets to hide phishing and malware delivery sites
Physics and engineering
Materials
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Flux (metallurgy), a chemical reducing agent, flowing agent, or purifying agent enhancing success in soldering and like joining of metals
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Ceramic flux, a substance which lowers the melting point and promotes glass formation in ceramic materials and glasses
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Secondary flux, a substance which acts as a ceramic flux in combination with other materials or at higher temperatures
Something integrated over a surface
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Electric flux, the electric field through a surface integrated over the surface's area
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Luminous flux, luminous intensity integrated over solid angle. Used in photometry
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Magnetic flux, magnetic field through a surface integrated over the surface's area
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Radiant flux, the total power emitted by a source. Used in radiometry
Something per unit area
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Intensity (physics), power per unit area (sometimes also called flux)
People with the name
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Alfred William Flux (1867–1942), British economist and statistician
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Robert Flux, guitarist of the band Oomph!
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Maarten van der Vleuten (born 1967), Dutch composer and producer, alias Flux
Art and entertainment
Fictional characters
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Flux (comics), a Marvel Comics antagonist opposing the Hulk
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Flux (Dennis Sykes), a character in the Marvel Comics series 1 Month 2 Live
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Flux Wildly, a character in the computer game Toonstruck
Literature
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Flux (novel), a book by Stephen Baxter
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"Flux", a short story by Michael Moorcock
Music
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Flux (Caveman Shoestore album), 1994
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Flux (Alison Goldfrapp album), 2025
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Flux (Poppy album), or the title song, 2021
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Flux (Rich Robinson album), 2016
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Flux, an album by Love Spirals Downwards, 1998
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"Flux" (Bloc Party song), 2007
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"Flux" (Ellie Goulding song), 2019
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"Flux", a song by Lamb of God from New American Gospel, 2000
Other uses in art and entertainment
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Flux (magazine), a music, comic book and video game magazine of the 1990s
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MTV Flux, a former television channel in the United Kingdom and Japan
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, the thirteenth series of the British science fiction television programme
Other uses
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Flux (political party), a political party in Australia
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Flux, Utah, a ghost town and former mining community in Tooele County, Utah
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"Flux", the imagery of the River in the fragments of the presocratic philosopher Heraclitus
See also
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Æon Flux, an animated television show
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Fluxus, an art movement
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Fluxx, a card game
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Influx (disambiguation)
