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Definition of Fluxions

Fluxions
Fluxions Flux"ions, n. pl. (Math.) See Fluxion, 6 (b) .
Fluxion
Fluxion Flux"ion, n. [Cf. F. fluxion.] The act of flowing. --Cotgrave. 2. The matter that flows. --Wiseman. 3. Fusion; the running of metals into a fluid state. 4. (Med.) An unnatural or excessive flow of blood or fluid toward any organ; a determination. 5. A constantly varying indication. Less to be counted than the fluxions of sun dials. --De Quincey. 6. (Math.) (a) The infinitely small increase or decrease of a variable or flowing quantity in a certain infinitely small and constant period of time; the rate of variation of a fluent; an incerement; a differential. (b) pl. A method of analysis developed by Newton, and based on the conception of all magnitudes as generated by motion, and involving in their changes the notion of velocity or rate of change. Its results are the same as those of the differential and integral calculus, from which it differs little except in notation and logical method.

Meaning of Fluxions from wikipedia

- in his mathematical treatise, Method of Fluxions. Fluxions and fluents made up Newton's early calculus. Fluxions were central to the Leibniz–Newton calculus...
- Method of Fluxions (Latin: De Methodis Serierum et Fluxionum) is a mathematical treatise by Sir Isaac Newton which served as the earliest written formulation...
- Flux describes any effect that appears to p**** or travel (whether it actually moves or not) through a surface or substance. Flux is a concept in applied...
- Look up fluxion or fluxions in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A fluxion is a mathematical concept, first formulated by Isaac Newton. Fluxion may also...
- In physics, specifically electromagnetism, the magnetic flux through a surface is the surface integral of the normal component of the magnetic field B...
- Flux limiters are used in high resolution schemesnumerical schemes used to solve problems in science and engineering, particularly fluid dynamics, described...
- Energy flux is the rate of transfer of energy through a surface. The quantity is defined in two different ways, depending on the context: Total rate of...
- Æon Flux (/ˌiːɒn ˈflʌks/), an American avant-garde science-fiction adventure animated television series, aired on MTV from November 30, 1991 until October...
- biochemistry, metabolic flux (often referred to as flux) is the rate of turnover of molecules through a metabolic pathway. Flux is regulated by the enzymes...
- A flux tube is a generally tube-like (cylindrical) region of space containing a magnetic field, B, such that the cylindrical sides of the tube are everywhere...