fluctuation

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin fluctuationem, from fluctuare, from fluctus.

Pronunciation

• X-SAMPA: /%flVk.S@."weI.S@n/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

fluctuation (plural fluctuations)

1. A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction.

   the fluctuations of the sea

2. A wavering; unsteadiness.

   fluctuations of opinion

   fluctuations of prices

3. The motion or undulation of a fluid collected in a natural or artificial cavity, which is felt when it is subjected to pressure or percussion.

Related terms

• fluctuate

Translations

wavelike motion

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波動 (cmn), 波动 (cmn) (bōdòng)

• Finnish: heilahtelu, huojunta
• French: fluctuation (fr) f

• German: Schwankung (de) f
• Japanese: 波動 (ja) (はどう, hadō)
• Russian: колебание (ru) (kolebánije) n
• Spanish: fluctuación (es) f

wavering; unsteadiness

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 變動 (cmn), 变动 (cmn) (biàndòng)

• Czech: fluktuace (cs)
• Danish: fluktuation
• Dutch: schommeling (nl) f
• Finnish: heilahtelu, huojunta, vaihtelu
• French: fluctuation (fr) f

• German: Schwankung (de) f, Fluktuation (de) f
• Irish: luaineacht (ga) f
• Japanese: 増減 (ja) (ぞうげん, zōgen), 変動 (ja) (へんどう, hendō)
• Russian: колебание (ru) (kolebánije) n, неустойчивость (ru) (neustójčivostʹ) f
• Spanish: fluctuación (es) f

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French

Etymology

From Latin fluctuationem, from fluctuare, from fluctus.

Noun

fluctuation f (plural fluctuations)

1. fluctuation