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fluc·tu·ate

(flŭk′cho͞o-āt′)

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

To vary irregularly, especially in amount: School enrollment has fluctuated from year to year.

[Latin flūctuāre, flūctuāt-, from flūctus, a flowing, from past participle of fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.]

fluc′tu·a′tion n.

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Adj.

fluctuating - having unpredictable ups and downs; "fluctuating prices"

unsteady - subject to change or variation; "her unsteady walk"; "his hand was unsteady as he poured the wine"; "an unsteady voice"

Translations

variable

fluttuante variabile

fluctuating

[ˈflʌktjʊˌeɪtɪŋ] adj → oscillante

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After the study on the particle size and the vertical variation pattern of the heavymetals of the core ZXY01, ZXY02, it could be found that (1) the tendency of heavy metal Zn, Pb, and Cu in ZXY01 was basically the same; on the whole it decreased fluctuatingly from the surface to the downward, at -15 cm, -30 cm, and -55 cm, it formed the peak value, while at -25 cm, -55 cm it formed the valley value; (Pb was noticeably increasing only bellow -60 cm, different from the other two metals); the peak and valley values of them were in good coordination.

The distributional characteristics of heavy metal in Jiangsu Province shoal sea

Similar to the deviation analysis of permeability, the damage values also fluctuatingly tend to stability according to the deviation of the damage tensor in different sizes and directions shown in Figure 15.