Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action; 
- Example: "the flux following the death of the emperor"[syn: flux, state of flux]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
state of flux
    n 1: a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually
         following some important event) preceding the establishment
         of a new direction of action; "the flux following the death
         of the emperor" [syn: flux, state of flux]