Flutter wheel, a water wheel placed below a fall or in a chute where
rapidly moving water strikes the tips of the floats; -- so called from
the spattering, and the fluttering noise it makes.
Flut"ter*er (?), n. One who, or that which, flutters.
Flut"ter*ing*ly, adv. In a fluttering manner.
Flut"y (?), a. Soft and clear in tone, like a flute.
Flu"vi*al (?), a. [L. fluvialis, from fluvius river, fr. fluere to
flow: cf.F. fluvial. See Fluent.] Belonging to rivers; growing or
living in streams or ponds; as, a fluvial plant.
Flu"vi*al*ist, n. One who exlpains geological phenomena by the action
of streams. [R.]
Flu`vi*at"ic (?), a. [L. fluviaticus. See Fluvial.] Belonging to rivers
or streams; fluviatile. Johnson.
Flu"vi*a*tile (?), a. [L. fluviatilis, fr. fluvius river: cf. F.
fluviatile.] Belonging to rivers or streams; existing in or about
rivers; produced by river action; fluvial; as, fluviatile starta,
plants. Lyell.
Flu`vi*o-ma*rine" (?), a. [L. fluvius river + E. marine.] (Geol.)
Formed by the joint action of a river and the sea, as deposits at the
mouths of rivers.
Flux (flks), 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.
By the perpetual flux of the liquids, a great part of them is
thrown out of the body.
Arbuthnot.
Her image has escaped the flux of things, And that same infant
beauty that she wore Is fixed upon her now forevermore.
Trench.
Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux.
Felton.
2. The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called
the reflux.