fluctuation
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6.3
- noun
- /ˌflʌk.tʃuˈeɪ.ʃən/
:
fluctuación
- There has been a noticeable fluctuation in the stock market over the past few weeks.
- price fluctuations
- temperature fluctuations
- exchange rate fluctuations
So I never had any form of significant fluctuation prior to this.
- So I never had any form of significant fluctuation prior to this.
- Her behavior, you know, sometimes she had fluctuations, as many people do.
- I fluctuate all the time and fluctuations are normal and fluctuations are totally OK.
- They examined the relationship between fluctuations in timing and blinking.
- And it means you don't understand the impermanence and the fluctuations that are natural in life.
- And on the output side, you have unexpected expenses, you have fluctuations in expenses.
- On top of that, there's this quantum fluctuation noise.
- Is it little fluctuations in space-time, what's left?
- Well, this this was the derivation of the fluctuation of no doubt.
- They should have slightly smaller quantum fluctuations than the largest scales.
- And the statistical properties of the fluctuations are incredibly simple.
Examples
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Hence, expectations often drive exchange rates, causing the fluctuations in currency values to be large and rapid.
Academic text (1999) -
What we saw last week was a fluctuation in yields.
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Could a quantum fluctuation change what time is?
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There is currently a 1.4 G fluctuation.
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And what he wanted to study was the fluctuations of bonds and stock prices.
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In fact, India is far more exposed to oil market fluctuations than other major emerging economies.
Academic text (2015) -
Motion picture production rose and fell according to seasonal fluctuations, which heavily influenced the demand for labor.
Academic text (2012) -
Diversified agroecosystems have become more important for agriculture as climate fluctuations have increased.
Academic text (2011) -
The scientist noted a significant fluctuation in temperature throughout the experiment.
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Farmers are concerned about the fluctuation in crop prices this season.
Synonyms
113
3.0
A change in amount or condition from what is normal
49
7.1
How likely a person, situation, or market is to change quickly and unexpectedly
46
7.5
Small quick changes in an electronic signal that cause problems
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5.7
The amount that something changes over time or between things
18
5.5
A difference from what is usual or expected
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6.9
A small repeated change in an electrical signal that makes noise
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7.0
One complete back-and-forth movement, like a pendulum swing
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8.8
A small change that makes a system behave differently
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5.1
A lack of balance or firm control that causes shaking
A quality of changing often, like rain or mood
Antonyms
How Variable
- Specialized
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7.1
114
5.1
76
6.3
- Specialized
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7.2
113
3.0
∞
1.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fluctuation comes from the Latin root flu-, from fluere, which means 'to flow', and it is the same root as the everyday word flow. So a fluctuation is a change that moves up and down like a small flow, which fits how we use it for amounts or levels that go up and down.