"fluctuator" meaning in All languages combined

See fluctuator on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: fluctuators [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fluctuator (plural fluctuators)
  1. One who or that which fluctuates.
    Sense id: en-fluctuator-en-noun-qug504OD
  2. (physics) A quantum system in which an electric charge moves back and forward between two states that are separated by an energy barrier
    Sense id: en-fluctuator-en-noun-eM9FmwC8 Categories (other): Physics, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: qubit

Verb [Latin]

Forms: flūctuātor [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=flūctuātor}} flūctuātor
  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of flūctuō Tags: form-of, future, imperative, passive, second-person, singular, third-person Form of: flūctuō
    Sense id: en-fluctuator-la-verb-wj3uAMh2 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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