What does fluxión mean?
Definitions for fluxión
ˈflʌk ʃənfluxión
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Princeton's WordNet
flux, fluxionnoun
a flow or discharge
Wiktionary
fluxionnoun
The derivative of a function
fluxionnoun
or The action of flowing
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Fluxionnoun
Etymology: fluxio, Latin.
A penetration into the abstruse difficulties and depths of modern algebra and fluxions, are not worth the labour of those who design the learned professions as the business of life. Isaac Watts.
Wikipedia
Fluxion
A fluxion is the instantaneous rate of change, or gradient, of a fluent (a time-varying quantity, or function) at a given point. Fluxions were introduced by Isaac Newton to describe his form of a time derivative (a derivative with respect to time). Newton introduced the concept in 1665 and detailed them in his mathematical treatise, Method of Fluxions. Fluxions and fluents made up Newton's early calculus.
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fluxion
Fluxion is a term used in the field of mathematics, specifically calculus, introduced by Sir Isaac Newton referring to the derivative of a function. In other words, fluxion signifies the rate of change or velocity at a certain point in a variable quantity or function. However, its usage has significantly diminished in modern mathematical nomenclature, being replaced by the more commonly used term "derivative."
Webster Dictionary
Fluxionnoun
the act of flowing
Fluxionnoun
the matter that flows
Fluxionnoun
fusion; the running of metals into a fluid state
Fluxionnoun
an unnatural or excessive flow of blood or fluid toward any organ; a determination
Fluxionnoun
a constantly varying indication
Fluxionnoun
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
Fluxionnoun
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
Etymology: [Cf. F. fluxion.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fluxión in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fluxión in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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