noun
1. a wave motion
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the fluctuations of the sea
• Derivationally related forms: ↑fluctuate
• Hypernyms: ↑wave, ↑undulation
2. an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
• Syn: ↑variation
• Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑alteration, ↑modification
• Hyponyms:
↑vicissitude, ↑allomerism, ↑deviation, ↑divergence, ↑departure, ↑difference, ↑substitution, ↑permutation, ↑transposition, ↑replacement, ↑switch, ↑business cycle, ↑trade cycle, ↑daily variation, ↑diurnal variation, ↑tide
3. the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes
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he kept a record of price fluctuations
• Syn: ↑wavering
• Hypernyms: ↑irregularity, ↑unregularity
• Hyponyms: ↑scintillation
Useful english dictionary. 2012.