fluctuation

[ fluhk-choo-ey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. continual change from one point or condition to another.

  2. wavelike motion; undulation.

  1. Genetics. a body variation due to environmental factors and not inherited.

Origin of fluctuation

1
1400–50; late Middle English <Latin fluctuātiōn- (stem of fluctuātiō) a fluctuation, wavering. See fluctuate, -ion

Other words from fluctuation

  • non·fluc·tu·a·tion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for fluctuation

fluctuation

/ (ˌflʌktjʊˈeɪʃən) /


noun
  1. constant change; vacillation; instability

  2. undulation

  1. a variation in an animal or plant that is determined by environment rather than heredity

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