noun: a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action
Example: "The flux following the death of the emperor"
noun: excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea)
noun: a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed
noun: the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface
noun: (physics) the number of flux changes per unit area
noun: the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle
