For transport phenomena, flux is a vector quantity, describing the magnitude and direction of the flow of a substance or property. In electromagnetism, flux is a scalar quantity, defined as the surface integral of the component of a vector field perpendicular to the surface at each point.
Soft Credit Inquiry. A soft inquiry, or soft pull, is a term used to refer to an inquiry into your credit history that does not adversely affect the credit score. Often, you are not even aware that there has been a soft inquiry on your credit report.
A hard pull is a credit scoring term that describes an initial step taken by lenders in evaluating consumers' loan applications.The potential lender checks the consumer's credit report, which creates a small negative impact on the consumer's credit score. An occasional hard pull has only a small negative impact on a credit score.