Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A motion like that of waves; a waving; movement in different directions: as, the fluctuations of the sea.
- n. Alternating action or movement; a wavering or varying course; mutation: as, the fluctuations of prices or of the funds; fluctuations of opinion.
- n. In medicine, the alternating motion of pus or other fluids perceptible on palpation.
- n. Synonyms and Oscillation, vacillation.
- n. Produce; fruit.
Wiktionary
- n. A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction.
- n. A wavering; unsteadiness.
- n. 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.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction.
- n. A wavering; unsteadiness.
- n. (Med.) The motion or undulation of a fluid collected in a natural or artifical cavity, which is felt when it is subjected to pressure or percussion.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a wave motion
- n. the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes
- n. an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
Etymologies
- From Latin fluctuationem, from fluctuare, from fluctus. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“He characterized the current slowdown as "a short-term fluctuation in a long-term growth curve.”
The Wall Street Journal: Indian Companies Tighten Their Belts
“Long term growth seems to be on the side of non-intervention, while short term fluctuation is on the side of interventionism.”
Matthew Yglesias » Amar Bhide, WSJ Edit Page, Embrace Regular Recurrence of Massive Recessions
“Err, that short term fluctuation that “deniers” are concerned about also evinced significant concern from one of the pro-AGW scientists — as shown by the leaked email.”
“It's going to be something that is going to be promoted by the federal government regardless of the short-term fluctuation in oil prices.”
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“It would make more sense, if there is a system where Singapore's petrochemical industry would realize its value-added more or less unaffected by the short term fluctuation in oil price.”
“This meaningless fluctuation is the presence of the Lacanian Real in language.”
“Nowhere shall there be rest or permanence; all things shall be in fluctuation until He comes who, as the rightful”
“Although there has been a short-term fluctuation downward in the wholesale gas market that has allowed us to pass on the reductions, the global demand for energy is increasing faster than its supply," company CEO Neil Clitheroe said.”
“But in a post on Friday, Gavyn Davies explained where the real inflationary threat lies: the possibility that the current rise in commodity prices isn't your typical short-term fluctuation, but part of a long-term trend.”
“It seems that the two polar sea ice reservoirs play a zero-sum game of short-term fluctuation, overlayed on long-term trends that are subject almost entirely to natural cycles and external factors such as solar irradiance and geological events beyond our control.”
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