fluctuation

fluc·tu·ate  (flkch-t)

v. fluc·tu·at·ed, fluc·tu·at·ing, fluc·tu·ates

v.intr.

1. To vary irregularly. See Synonyms at swing.

2. To rise and fall in or as if in waves; undulate.

v.tr.

To cause to rise and fall or vary irregularly.

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[Latin flcture, flctut-, from flctus, a flowing, from past participle of fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.]

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fluctu·ant (-nt) adj.

fluctu·ation n.

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fluctuation [ˌflʌktjʊˈeɪʃən]

n

1. constant change; vacillation; instability

2. undulation

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) a variation in an animal or plant that is determined by environment rather than heredity

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fluctuation - a wave motion; "the fluctuations of the sea" undulation, wave - (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
	2.	fluctuation - an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change variation alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" vicissitude - a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something; "the project was subject to the usual vicissitudes of exploratory research" allomerism - (chemistry) variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form deviation, difference, divergence, departure - a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean" permutation, substitution, switch, transposition, replacement - an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood" business cycle, trade cycle - recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline daily variation - fluctuations that occur between one day and the next diurnal variation - fluctuations that occur during each day tide - something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea); "a rising tide of popular interest"
	3.	fluctuation - the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes; "he kept a record of price fluctuations" wavering unregularity, irregularity - not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals scintillation - the twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlight

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fluctuation

noun change, shift, swing, variation, instability, alteration, wavering, oscillation, alternation, vacillation, unsteadiness, inconstancy Don't worry about tiny fluctuations in your weight.

Translations

fluctuation [ˌflʌktjʊˈeɪʃən] N [of prices, temperature] → fluctuación f, oscilación f

fluctuation [ˌflʌktʃuˈeɪʃ^ən] n

[level, temperature, weight] → variation f

[price] → fluctuation f, variation f

fluctuation

n → Schwankung f, → Schwanken nt no pl; (in number also) → Fluktuation f; (fig, of opinions) → Schwanken nt no pl

fluctuation [ˌflʌktjʊˈeɪʃ/ən] n → fluttuazione f, oscillazione f

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fluctuation [ˌflʌktjʊˈeɪʃ/ən] n → fluttuazione f, oscillazione f