the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide); "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare
in constant change; "his opinions are in flux"; "the newness and flux of the computer industry"
a flow or discharge
a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action; "the flux following the death of the emperor"
excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea)
a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed
the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface
obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically; "wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government"
get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"