"fluctuation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /flʌkt͡ʃuːˈeɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-fluctuation.wav [US] Forms: fluctuations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fluctuatiōnem, accusative singular of fluctuatiō, from fluctuō, from fluctus. Morphologically fluctuate + -ion Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*-tus}}, {{bor|en|la|fluctuatiōnem}} Latin fluctuatiōnem, {{m|la|fluctuatiō}} fluctuatiō, {{m|la|fluctuō}} fluctuō, {{m|la|fluctus}} fluctus, {{suffix|en|fluctuate|ion|nocat=1}} fluctuate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fluctuation (countable and uncountable, plural fluctuations)
  1. A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; an irregular rising and falling. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (wavelike motion): تَأْرْجُح (taʔrjuḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), تَقَلُب (taqalub) [masculine] (Arabic), 波動 (Chinese Mandarin), 波动 (bōdòng) (Chinese Mandarin), fluktuado (Esperanto), heilahtelu (Finnish), huojunta (Finnish), fluctuation [feminine] (French), Schwankung [feminine] (German), 波動 (hadō) (alt: はどう) (Japanese), wahanie [neuter] (Polish), falowanie [neuter] (Polish), flutuação [feminine] (Portuguese), ondulação [feminine] (Portuguese), колеба́ние (kolebánije) [neuter] (Russian), fluctuación [feminine] (Spanish), колива́ння (kolyvánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), флукту́ація (fluktúacija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fluctuation-en-noun-YL1vmJfR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 33 20 Disambiguation of 'wavelike motion': 48 17 35
  2. A wavering; unsteadiness. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (wavering; unsteadiness): колебание (kolebanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), флуктуация (fluktuacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 變動 (Chinese Mandarin), 变动 (biàndòng) (Chinese Mandarin), fluktuace (Czech), fluktuation (Danish), schommeling [feminine] (Dutch), fluktuado (Esperanto), heilahtelu (Finnish), huojunta (Finnish), vaihtelu (Finnish), fluctuation [feminine] (French), Schwankung [feminine] (German), Fluktuation [feminine] (German), luaineacht [feminine] (Irish), 増減 (zōgen) (alt: ぞうげん) (Japanese), 変動 (hendō) (alt: へんどう) (Japanese), ばらつき (baratsuki) (Japanese), fluktuacja [feminine] (Polish), wahanie [neuter] (Polish), flutuação [feminine] (Portuguese), колеба́ние (kolebánije) [neuter] (Russian), неусто́йчивость (neustójčivostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), fluctuación [feminine] (Spanish), колива́ння (kolyvánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), флукту́ація (fluktúacija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fluctuation-en-noun-Xbx80tsR Disambiguation of 'wavering; unsteadiness': 5 93 2
  3. In medicine, a wave-like motion or undulation of a fluid in a natural or abnormal cavity (e.g. pus in an abscess), which is felt during palpation or percussion. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fluctuation-en-noun-YudviunQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fluctuational, fluctuation theorem, quantum fluctuation Related terms: fluctuate

Noun [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-fluctuation.wav Forms: fluctuations [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin flūctuātiōnem. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|la|fluctuatio|flūctuātiōnem||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin flūctuātiōnem, {{bor+|fr|la|fluctuatio|flūctuātiōnem}} Borrowed from Latin flūctuātiōnem Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} fluctuation f (plural fluctuations)
  1. fluctuation Tags: feminine Related terms: fluctuer
    Sense id: en-fluctuation-fr-noun-Jc9iGAnS Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

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      "word": "quantum fluctuation"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "taʔrjuḥ",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "تَأْرْجُح"
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      "code": "de",
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      "alt": "はどう",
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      "sense": "wavelike motion",
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      "word": "falowanie"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "flutuação"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "wavelike motion",
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      ],
      "word": "колеба́ние"
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "wavelike motion",
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      "word": "колива́ння"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "флукту́ація"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "biàndòng",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
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    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "wavering; unsteadiness",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "alt": "ぞうげん",
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      "word": "増減"
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      "alt": "へんどう",
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