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Type Words
Synonyms wavering
Type of irregularity, unregularity
Has types scintillation
Derivation fluctuate


he kept a record of price fluctuations.
Type Words
Synonyms variation
Type of alteration, change, modification
Has types departure, deviation, difference, diurnal variation, divergence, allomerism, business cycle, daily variation, switch, tide, trade cycle, transposition, vicissitude, permutation, replacement, substitution
Derivation fluctuate
Type Words
Type of wave, undulation
Derivation fluctuate


the fluctuations of the sea.

Examples of fluctuation

fluctuation
This is how system performance can be adapted to seasonal and daily fluctuation.
From the sciencedaily.com
Surely he can't preside over every quantum fluctuation or interaction of quarks?
From the economist.com
As it turns out, you shouldn't have been subject to currency fluctuation at all.
From the usatoday.com
In the older worms, by contrast, there is a large fluctuation in gene expression.
From the sciencedaily.com
Fat and muscle represent the factors that typically allow for weight fluctuation.
From the sacbee.com
There has been little fluctuation in white trout populations outside the delta.
From the al.com
In terms of big jumps, though, the employer survey provides the most fluctuation.
From the businessweek.com
With regard to mood, it's best to aiim for a normal fluctuation without extremes.
From the psychcentral.com
Of every spot on the diamond, closers have the most fluctuation from year to year.
From the buffalonews.com
More examples
  • A wave motion; "the fluctuations of the sea"
  • Variation: an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
  • The quality of being unsteady and subject to changes; "he kept a record of price fluctuations"
  • Cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
  • (fluctuate) be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates"
  • (fluctuating) having unpredictable ups and downs; "fluctuating prices"
  • In general, a conjuncture is a period marked by some watershed event which separates different epochs.
  • A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; A wavering; unsteadiness; The motion or undulation of a fluid collected in a natural or artificial cavity, which is felt when it is subjected to pressure or percussion
  • (fluctuational) Of, pertaining to, or resulting from fluctuation(s)