fluxion
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Origin of fluxion
1535–45; < Middle French < Late Latin fluxiōn- (stem of fluxiō ) a flowing. See flux, -ion
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With fluxion abroad and fitful anxiety at home, millions of citizens sleep more easily at night because they believe their Prime Minister is in control.
From Time Magazine Archive
It would be of particular interest to determine whether the torment of this tissue in any way interfered with the augmentation of bilious fluxion.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
As a result, the English stuck to Newton’s fluxion notation rather than adopting Leibniz’s superior differential notation—cutting off their noses to spite their faces.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Newton disliked infinitesimals, the little os in his fluxion equations that sometimes acted like zeros and sometimes like nonzero numbers.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
"From his theory of perpetual fluxion Plato derived the necessity of seeking a stable basis for the universal system in his world of ideas."
From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by Lord, John
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