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fluctuation
/ˌflʌktʃuˈeɪʃən/
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What does fluctuation mean?
noun
- A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; an irregular rising and falling.
- A wavering; unsteadiness.
- 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.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌflʌktʃuˈeɪʃən/
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It is remarkable that this fluctuation, whether periodical or not, appears thus to require many years for its accomplishment.
The reaction comes, and, after some fluctuation, the farm-rent--which the tenant thought to put upon the manufacturer's shoulders--becomes nearly balanced.
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It continued at this price, with some slight fluctuation, until the company closed their books on the 22nd of June.
The whole determinant system of an id, as I conceive it, is in a state of continual fluctuation upwards and downwards.
On the '16th', however, the fluctuation was again too plainly felt, and the owner determined to have nothing more to do with the case.