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Noun: fluctuation  `flúkchoo'eyshun
  1. A wave motion
    "the fluctuations of the sea"
     
  2. An instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
    - variation
     
  3. The quality of being unsteady and subject to changes
    "he kept a record of price fluctuations"
    - wavering

Derived forms: fluctuations

See also: fluctuate

Type of: alteration, change, irregularity, modification, undulation, unregularity, wave