"fluctuation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /flʌkt͡ʃuːˈeɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-fluctuation.wav Forms: fluctuations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fluctuatiōnem, accusative singular of fluctuatiō, from fluctuō, from fluctus. Morphologically fluctuate + -ion Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|fluctuatiōnem}} Latin fluctuatiōnem, {{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), hullámzás (Hungarian), 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)
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  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), ingadozás (Hungarian), fluktuáció (Hungarian), fluktuálás (Hungarian), hullámzás (Hungarian), 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)
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  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
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fluctuational, fluctuation theorem, quantum fluctuation Related terms: fluctuate

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      "roman": "zōgen",
      "sense": "wavering; unsteadiness",
      "word": "増減"
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      "roman": "baratsuki",
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