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fluctuation
noun
1 fluctuation
A wave motion.
Roget 149:
changeableness
etc.
adj.;
mutability,
inconstancy;
versatility,
mobility;
instability,
unstable equilibrium;
vacillation
etc.
(irresolution)
605;
fluctuation,
vicissitude;
alternation
etc.
(oscillation)
314.
restlessness
etc.
adj..
fidgets,
disquiet;
disquietude,
inquietude;
unrest;
agitation
etc.
315.
moon,
Proteus,
chameleon,
quicksilver,
shifting sands,
weathercock,
harlequin,
Cynthia of the minute,
April showers†;
wheel of Fortune;
transientness
etc.
111†.
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Roget 314:
oscillation;
vibration,
libration;
motion of a pendulum;
nutation;
undulation;
pulsation;
pulse.
alternation;
coming and going
etc.
v.;
ebb and flow,
flux and reflux,
ups and down.
fluctuation;
vacillation
etc.
(irresolution)
605.
wave,
vibratiuncle†,
swing,
beat,
shake,
wag,
seesaw,
dance,
lurch,
dodge;
logan†,
loggan†,
rocking-stone,
vibroscope†.
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Roget 605:
irresolution,
infirmity of purpose,
indecision;
indetermination,
undetermination†;
unsettlement;
uncertainty
etc.
475;
demur,
suspense;
hesitating
etc.
v.,
hesitation,
hesitancy;
vacillation;
changeableness
etc.
149;
fluctuation;
alternation
etc.
(oscillation)
314;
caprice
etc.
608.
fickleness,
levity,
legerete [Fr.];
pliancy
etc.
(softness)
324;
weakness;
timidity
etc.
860;
cowardice
etc.
862;
half measures.
waverer,
ass between two bundles of hay;
shuttlecock,
butterfly;
wimp;
doughface [U.S.].
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Dutch: schommeling
2 fluctuation
An instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change.
synonym: variation.
3 fluctuation
The quality of being unsteady and subject to changes:
— He kept a record of price fluctuations.
synonym: wavering.
Polish: płynność, fluktuacja
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