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English noun: fluctuation | |||
| 1. | fluctuation (event) a wave motion | ||
| Samples | The fluctuations of the sea. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | undulation, wave | ||
| 2. | fluctuation (event) an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change | ||
| Synonyms | variation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alteration, change, modification | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | allomerism, business cycle, daily variation, departure, deviation, difference, diurnal variation, divergence, permutation, replacement, substitution, switch, tide, trade cycle, transposition, vicissitude | ||
| 3. | fluctuation (attribute) the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes | ||
| Samples | He kept a record of price fluctuations. | ||
| Synonyms | wavering | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | irregularity, unregularity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | scintillation | ||
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