flux

絶え間ない変化、流動状態

物事が絶えず変わり、まだ安定していない状態。

やさしい英語で： A situation in which things keep changing and are not yet settled.

• The schedule is in flux.
• Prices remained in constant flux throughout the year.
• With a new manager arriving, the team is in a state of flux.

使い方： be in flux (Our plans are still in flux.)

類義語： change, instability

反対語： stability

よく使う表現： in flux, constant flux, state of flux

フラックス、融剤

金属の表面をきれいにし、加熱したときに接合しやすくする物質。

やさしい英語で： A substance that cleans metal surfaces and helps them join when heated.

• Apply flux before heating the joint.
• The worker used flux to clean the metal surface.
• This solder contains flux inside it.

よく使う表現： soldering flux, apply flux, flux paste

束、流束

ある面を通過するエネルギーや粒子、場の量。

やさしい英語で： The amount of energy, particles, or a field passing through a surface.

• The sensor measures heat flux.
• Magnetic flux changes as the coil moves.
• The experiment produced a high neutron flux.

よく使う表現： magnetic flux, heat flux, neutron flux

流れ、流動

液体などの物質が、ある場所から別の場所へ移動すること。

やさしい英語で： The movement of a liquid or other substance from one place to another.

• The channel carries a steady flux of water.
• A constant flux of liquid passes through the pipe.
• The researchers observed the flux of material between the chambers.

類義語： flow

よく使う表現： flux of water, constant flux, continuous flux

フラックスを塗る

加熱時に金属が溶けたり接合したりしやすいよう、融剤を塗ること。

やさしい英語で： To put a cleaning substance on metal so it melts or joins more easily when heated.

• Flux the joint before soldering.
• She fluxed the metal with a small brush.
• Both surfaces must be fluxed before heating.

使い方： flux something (Flux both metal surfaces before joining them.)

よく使う表現： flux the joint, flux the metal, flux before soldering