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For the similarly named concept, please see conflux.

Flux, or a flux pattern was a mathematical concept describing an effect traveling through a substance or surface. It might also simply describe a state of ongoing change.

Chaotic space was an area of space in which the laws of nature were in a state of flux. (VOY: "The Fight")

A type of quantum beacon crewman Daniels taught Captain Jonathan Archer to build depended on on generating a stable flux between its positron conductors. (ENT: "Shockwave")

In a draft for his father's biography, Jonathan Archer started writing that creating a stable warp field mirrored the flux of emotions his father felt when he embarked on something specific, but he decided to delete the sentence before completing it. (ENT: "Singularity")

In pressuring Dolim to go through with attacking Humanity in 2154, a Sphere-Builder claimed that the timelines were in constant flux and that different species might prevail depending on his actions. (ENT: "Countdown")

During the funeral of Spock near the Genesis planet, gravitational fields on the planet were in flux, apparently allowing for a soft landing of the photon tube containing his body. (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)

While exploring a cavern on Devidia II in 2368, doctor Beverly Crusher found biomagnetic strands with a variable flux. (TNG: "Time's Arrow")

The metaphasic radiation of the rings around Ba'ku was in a state of extreme flux. (Star Trek: First Contact)

Furthermore, flux was referenced in the title of the Star Trek: Voyager episode "State of Flux".

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Furthermore, a retconned schematic also mentioned a particle flux detector.

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