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fluctuations

fluctuations is the plural of fluctuation.

Meaning of fluctuation

Noun

fluctuation (countable and uncountable, plural fluctuations)

  1. A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; an irregular rising and falling.
    • the fluctuations of the sea
  2. A wavering; unsteadiness.
    • fluctuations of opinion
  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.

Phrases with fluctuations

Questions about fluctuations

What is fluctuations the plural of?
Fluctuations is the plural of fluctuation.

Words near fluctuations in the dictionary

  1. fluctuatingly
  2. fluctuatings
  3. fluctuation
  4. fluctuation theorem
  5. fluctuational
  6. fluctuations
  7. fluctuative
  8. fluctuatively
  9. fluctuator
  10. fluctuators
  11. fluctuogram

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