fluxflux /flʌks/ noun [uncountable] 
Everything is in flux at the moment. The education system is still in a state of flux.
WORD ORIGINflux
Origin:
1300-1400 Latin fluxus, past participle of fluere ‘to flow’EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- All this leaves business ethics in a state of unhelpful flux.
- Anything less is not a change but only a continuation of the flux.
- The universe offers no such categories or simplifications; only flux and infinite variety.
- Their television deal is in flux, and only two home games are scheduled to appear on the tube.
- Today, the world of government is once again in great flux.
Longman Language Activatorto change all the time or often
especially spoken · His ideas about what he wants keep changing.· I'll check the regulations for you - they keep changing.· The police strongly suspected that she had been involved - her story kept changing and was filled with inconsistencies.
to change often if something varies , it changes according to what the situation is: · Ticket prices to New York vary, depending on the time of year.vary from....to: · Driving regulations vary from state to state.vary considerably/enormously/greatly (=change a lot): · Her income varies considerably from one month to the next.vary in price/quality/size etc: · Vegetables vary in quality according to the season.it varies: · "How much milk do you use a day?" "Oh, it varies."vary from day to day/week to week etc: · It hadn't been established where we'd all sleep - the location seemed to vary from night to night.
if something such as a price or amount fluctuates , it changes very often from a high level to a low one and back again: · The car industry's annual production fluctuates between 5.1 million and 9.2 million vehicles.· Cholesterol levels in the blood fluctuate in the course of a day.fluctuate wildly: · Share prices on the New York Stock Exchange often fluctuate wildly.
if something such as a system or a set of ideas is in flux or in a state of flux , it is changing a lot all the time, especially in a confusing way, so that you do not know what it will finally be like: · The computer industry is in constant flux, responding all the time to changes in technology.· Our education programme is in a state of flux, as new approaches are being developed.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The education system is still in a state of flux.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
a situation in which things are changing a lot and you cannot be sure what will happen: The education system is still in a state of flux.· The discussion in this chapter should not suggest that the entire rural populace is in constant flux.· In continental plate tectonics what seems static, the surface of the earth, is in reality in constant flux.· There is a constant flux, a turnover of letters in the message.· Heraclitus asserted that all nature is the unity of opposites and constant flux.· All of these categories are necessarily in constant flux.· Guided by the churning within the planet, the crust of the earth has been in a constant state of flux.· The proportions considered normal are in a state of constant flux.
· The left hand can also be used to demonstrate the magnetic flux surrounding a wire carrying a current.· The field at these sites is particularly intense, as if the magnetic flux lines have been tied into tight bundles.· The other acts as a pickup coil producing a voltage proportional to the rate of change of magnetic flux linking it.· Together with differential rotation, this causes a large amount of mechanical energy and magnetic flux to pass through the surface.· Coiling the wire into a loop permits directional flow of the magnetic flux through the loop.
NOUN· The integrated flux density for the shell in Fig. 1 is 3.280.24Jy.· As the winding current is increased, however, the flux density in the iron eventually reaches its saturation level.· Figure 2 shows the time variation of the flux densities and velocities at peak intensities for the strongest four redshifted components at.· Although the relative strengths of these components varied, the absolute flux densities of all components generally decreased during January to June.· The spin-down energy flux density is the third highest known, after the Crab and Vela pulsars.
Everything is in flux at the moment. The education system is still in a state of flux.