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Definition: flux capacitor


The major component that allowed the DeLorean automobile to time travel in the 1985 movie "Back to the Future" with Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd, who played "Doc Brown." The flux capacitor is, of course, a fictional device. See flux.




Racing to another Time
Controlled by Doc Brown, the DeLorean is racing to another dimension.