Flux

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-011398",
  "term": "Flux",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Movement and transport of mass of any water quality constituent over a given period of time. Units of mass flux are mass per unit time.\n\n2. A flowing or flow.\n\n3. The flowrate per unit cross-sectional area.\n\n4. A substance used to help metals fuse together.\n\n5. The rate of movement of mass through a unit cross-sectional area per unit time in response to a concentration gradient or some advective force.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary",
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms; Terms of Environment",
    "Urban Watershed Management Research Terminology",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Glossary of Technical Terms: Office of Underground Storage Tanks"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/flux/"
}