fluctuation

Borrowed from Latin fluctuatiōnem, accusative singular of fluctuatiō, from fluctuō, from fluctus.

• IPA^(key): /flʌktʃuːˈeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

fluctuation (countable and uncountable, plural fluctuations)

1. A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction.

   the fluctuations of the sea

2. A wavering; unsteadiness.

   fluctuations of opinion

   fluctuations of prices

3. 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.

• fluctuate

Borrowed from Latin fluctuatiōnem, accusative singular of fluctuatiō, from fluctuō, from fluctus.

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fluctuation f (plural fluctuations)

1. fluctuation

• fluctuer

• “fluctuation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).