Flu″ent, n. 1. A current of water; a stream.
2. [Cf. F. fluente.] (Math.) A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; — called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral.
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Flu″ent, n. 1. A current of water; a stream.
2. [Cf. F. fluente.] (Math.) A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; — called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral.