- flux unit
- (fu)a former name for the jansky, a unit used in astronomy to measure the strength of a radio signal received from an object in the sky.
Dictionary of units of measurement. 2015.
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flux unit — noun a measure of the strength of a magnetic field per unit area • Syn: ↑magnetic flux unit • Hypernyms: ↑magnetic flux • Hyponyms: ↑maxwell, ↑Mx, ↑weber, ↑Wb * * * … Useful english dictionary
flux unit — noun The (otherwise unnamed) unit of density of electromagnetic radiation from a radio star, equal to 10 watts per square meter per hertz … Wiktionary
magnetic flux unit — noun a measure of the strength of a magnetic field per unit area • Syn: ↑flux unit • Hypernyms: ↑magnetic flux • Hyponyms: ↑maxwell, ↑Mx, ↑weber, ↑Wb … Useful english dictionary
luminous flux unit — noun a measure of luminous flux per unit area • Hypernyms: ↑light unit • Hyponyms: ↑lumen, ↑lm … Useful english dictionary
particle flux unit — (pfu) a unit used to measure the rate at which energetic particles, such as protons, are received by spacecraft. These flux rates are a major component of the space weather, the environment in which satellites and other spacecraft operate. One … Dictionary of units of measurement
flux — Synonyms and related words: ASA scale, BM, British candle, Brownian movement, Hefner candle, Scheiner scale, abscess, add, advance, affluence, afflux, affluxion, ague, amalgamate, anemia, angular motion, ankylosis, anoxia, anticoagulant, apnea,… … Moby Thesaurus
Flux — (fl[u^]ks), n. [L. fluxus, fr. fluere, fluxum, to flow: cf.F. flux. See {Fluent}, and cf. 1st & 2d {Floss}, {Flush}, n., 6.] 1. The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flux quantization — is a quantum phenomenon in which the magnetic field is quantized in the unit of h / 2e,also known variously as flux quanta, fluxoids, vortices or fluxons.Flux quantization occurs in Type II superconductors subjected to a magnetic field. Below a… … Wikipedia
flux density — n magnetic, electric, or radiant flux per unit area normal to the direction of the flux … Medical dictionary
flux density — n. the FLUX (n. 6) through a unit of surface area … English World dictionary
