fluctuation
continual change from one point or condition to another.
wavelike motion; undulation.
Genetics. a body variation due to environmental factors and not inherited.
Origin of fluctuation
1Other words from fluctuation
- non·fluc·tu·a·tion, noun
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How to use fluctuation in a sentence
Your research adviser suggested that it may just have been random fluctuations from two sources.
That indefiniteness is known as “quantum uncertainty,” and, unfortunately also as “quantum fluctuation.”
Schrödinger’s Cat When Nobody Is Looking - Issue 89: The Dark Side | Daniel Sudarsky | August 26, 2020 | NautilusIn that case, the wild fluctuations in the polls from, say, 1976 or 1988 might not be as relevant.
Our Election Forecast Didn’t Say What I Thought It Would | Nate Silver (nrsilver@fivethirtyeight.com) | August 17, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightIt’s possible that some of the fluctuations in weekly claims aren’t that meaningful at this point, since the numbers are so huge.
Yes, Unemployment Fell. But The Recovery Seems To Be Slowing Down. | Neil Paine (neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com) | August 7, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightSo if we use GSC data to measure brand, we might be able to see some fluctuations in interest but, if we’re using Google Analytics terminology, our data is basically sampled at 15%.
Side effects may include recession, job contraction, 401(k) bruising, recurrent Dow fluctuation, and IRA bleeding.
Up to a Point: PJ O’Rourke on Sochi and Senate Slackers | P. J. O’Rourke | February 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith each wobbly, distorted bass riff and womp-womp-womp robotic fluctuation, bodies explode in epileptic fits.
Meet Skrillex, the Divisive, Grammy-Nominated DJ Who’s Changing Dance Music | Marlow Stern | February 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThat kind of sheer fluctuation in itself introduces systemic risk.
One disadvantage of this system was the fluctuation of the value of the tobacco, based upon the law of supply and demand.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyHer religion was a deep, smooth, current without fluctuation.
Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel | Frank G. Allenfluctuation in water level seemed especially important in determining distribution of fishes in the area studied.
Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas | Artie L. MetcalfEvery week new price lists were prepared so as to cover new fluctuation of cost to the retailer.
Who has developed the currents, those regular fluctuation of the abysses into which we never descend?
The Sea | Jules Michelet
British Dictionary definitions for fluctuation
/ (ˌflʌktjʊˈeɪʃən) /
constant change; vacillation; instability
undulation
a variation in an animal or plant that is determined by environment rather than heredity
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