Flux (disambiguation)

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:

Biology and healthcare

 * Flux (biology), movement of a substance between compartments
 * Flux (metabolism), the rate of turnover of molecules through a metabolic pathway
 * 4-Fluoroamphetamine (4-FA; PAL-303; "Flux"), a central nervous system stimulant with quasi-amphetamine effects
 * Dysentery, or other diseases called "flux", which cause the loss of fluid by diarrhea or hemorrhage
 * Rheumatism (historically), or "flux", thought to be caused by an excessive flow of rheum or fluid into a joint
 * Slime flux, a bacterial disease that occurs on certain trees

Computing

 * Flux (machine-learning framework)
 * Flux (graphics 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

Physics and engineering

 * Flux (metallurgy), a chemical cleaning agent, flowing agent, or purifying agent enhancing success in soldering and like joining of metals
 * Ceramic flux, a substance which lowers the melting point and promotes glass formation in ceramic materials and glasses
 * Secondary flux, a substance which acts as a ceramic flux in combination with other materials or at higher temperatures
 * Electric flux, a measure of quantity of electricity
 * Luminous flux, in photometry
 * Magnetic flux, a measure of quantity of magnetism
 * Radiant flux, in radiometry

People with the name

 * Alfred William Flux (1867–1942), British economist and statistician
 * Robert Flux, guitarist of the band Oomph!
 * Maarten van der Vleuten (born 1967), Dutch composer and producer, alias Flux

Fictional characters

 * Flux (comics), a Marvel Comics antagonist opposing the Hulk
 * Flux (Dennis Sykes), a character in the Marvel Comics series 1 Month 2 Live
 * Flux Wildly, a character in the computer game Toonstruck

Literature

 * Flux (novel), a book by Stephen Baxter
 * "Flux", a short story by Michael Moorcock

Music

 * Flux (Caveman Shoestore album), 1994
 * Flux (Poppy album), 2021
 * Flux (Rich Robinson album), 2016
 * Flux, an album by Love Spirals Downwards, 1998
 * "Flux" (Bloc Party song), 2007
 * "Flux" (Ellie Goulding song), 2019
 * "Flux", a song by Lamb of God from New American Gospel, 2000

Other uses in art and entertainment

 * Flux (magazine), a music, comic book and video game magazine of the 1990s
 * MTV Flux, a former television channel in the United Kingdom and Japan
 * Doctor Who: Flux, the thirteenth series of the British science fiction television programme

Organizations

 * Flux (political party), a political party in Australia
 * The Flux Foundation, an arts non-profit group

Other uses

 * Flux, Utah, a ghost town and former mining community in Tooele County, Utah
 * Flow (psychology), often referred to as flux
 * "Flux", the imagery of the River in the fragments of the presocratic philosopher Heraclitus