[ flʌks ]
■ noun
1》 the action or process of flowing.
2》 Medicine an abnormal discharge of blood or other matter from or within the body.
↘ archaic diarrhoea or dysentery.
3》 continuous change.
4》 Physics the amount of radiation, particles, etc. incident on or passing through an area in a given time.
↘the total electric or magnetic field passing through a surface.
5》 a substance mixed with a solid to lower the melting point, especially in soldering or smelting.
■ verb treat (a metal object) with a ~ to promote melting.
Origin
ME: from L. ~us , from fluere 'to flow'.