fluxion
[ fluhk-shuh n ]
/ ˈflʌk ʃən /
noun
an act of flowing; a flow or flux.
Mathematics.
the derivative relative to the time.
Origin of fluxion
OTHER WORDS FROM fluxion
flux·ion·al, flux·ion·ar·y, adjective flux·ion·al·ly, adverbWords nearby fluxion
fluvoxamine,
flux,
flux density,
flux gate,
flux linkage,
fluxion,
fluxionary hyperemia,
fluxmeter,
fly,
fly agaric,
fly ash
Example sentences from the Web for fluxional
Occasionally they show a fluxional banding; they may also be spherulitic or vesicular.
Such is the argumentation applied to the cloud (to prove that it has not a permanent but a fluxional existence).
The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha |Madhava AcharyaMaclaurin like Taylor worked exclusively with the fluxional calculus.
British Dictionary definitions for fluxional
fluxion
/ (ˈflʌkʃən) /
noun
maths obsolete
the rate of change of a function, especially the instantaneous velocity of a moving body; derivative
a less common word for flux (def. 1), flux (def. 2)
Derived forms of fluxion
fluxional or fluxionary, adjective fluxionally, adverbWord Origin for fluxion
C16: from Late Latin
fluxiō a flowing