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fluxion

[ fluhk-shuhn ]

noun

  1. an act of flowing; a flow or flux.
  2. Mathematics. the derivative relative to the time.


fluxion

/ ˈڱʌʃə /

noun

  1. obsolete.
    maths the rate of change of a function, especially the instantaneous velocity of a moving body; derivative
  2. a less common word for flux flux
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڱܳ澱DzԲ, adverb
  • ˈڱܳ澱DzԲ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • ڱܳiDz· ڱܳiDz·· adjective
  • ڱܳiDz··ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fluxion1

1535–45; < Middle French < Late Latin ڱܳ澱ō- (stem of ڱܳ澱ō ) a flowing. See flux, -ion
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fluxion1

C16: from Late Latin ڱܳ澱ō a flowing
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Example Sentences

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As a result, the English stuck to Newton’s fluxion notation rather than adopting Leibniz’s superior differential notation—cutting off their noses to spite their faces.

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It would be of particular interest to determine whether the torment of this tissue in any way interfered with the augmentation of bilious fluxion.

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It should hardly be offensive to an ordinary man to be told, or at least to find it tacitly assumed, that he could not have invented fluxions, painted like Rembrandt, or sung like Pindar.

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Though he experienced some difficulty at his first entrance, yet he did not rest till he made himself master of both a fluxion and a flowing quantity.

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Newton's discovery of the law of gravitation, and his theory of fluxions place him at the head of the mathematical thinkers of the world.

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