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fluctuation
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fluctuation
n.
vacillation, instability, wavering, inconstancy, change
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Fluctuation
Fluctuation may refer to:
- Quantum fluctuation arising from the uncertainty principle
- Primordial fluctuations, density variations in the early universe
- Universal conductance fluctuations, a quantum physics phenomenon encountered in electrical transport experiments in mesoscopic species
- Statistical fluctuations, very important in statistics, statistical mechanics, and thermodynamics
- Thermal fluctuations, statistical fluctuations in a thermodynamic variable
- An alternative name for conjuncture, a critical combination of events in economics
- Volatility (finance), price fluctuation
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fluctuation
Noun
1. a wave motion; "the fluctuations of the sea"
(hypernym) wave, undulation
(derivation) fluctuate
2. an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
(synonym) variation
(hypernym) change, alteration, modification
(hyponym) vicissitude
(derivation) fluctuate, vacillate, waver
3. the quality of being unsteady and subject to fluctuations; "he kept a record of price fluctuations"
(synonym) wavering
(hypernym) irregularity, unregularity
(hyponym) scintillation
(derivation) fluctuate
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fluctuation
nf.
fluctuation, variation; flux, swing
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fluctuation
n.
kolísání
