fluxion

noun /ˈflʌkʃən/

1. The derivative of a function.

   countable, obsolete, uncountable

2. The action of flowing.

   archaic, countable, rare, uncountable

   Perhaps he meant that towns are after all excrescences, grey fluxions, where men, hurrying to find one another, have lost themselves.

3. A difference or variation.

   archaic, countable, rare, uncountable

Where it comes from

From Middle French fluxion, from Late Latin fluxiō, from Latin flūxus + -iō.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry fluxion (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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