fluctuation

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; an irregular rising and falling.
2. (countable, uncountable) A wavering; unsteadiness.
3. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Concepts

fluctuation

variation

oscillation

hauts et bas

hésitation

flottement

changement

Synonymes

variation

oscillation

wavering

change

undulation

swing

unsteadiness

alteration

variance

swaying

vacillation

instability

modification

mutableness

pendulousness

pulsation

range

rockiness

scintillation

shift

surge

sway

swell

swinging

switch

tide

tremor

undulant

up-and-down

variability

variableness

variety

vibration

vicissitude

wave

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waving

wobbling

rise and fall

increase and decrease

variedness

amplitude of vibration

undulatory motion

elevation and subsidencei

oscillating amplitude

shake amplitude

wave-motion

alternation

amplitude

changeability

crest

Traductions

fluctuación

Schwankung

flutuação

Fluktuation

fluttuazione

διακύμανση

oscillazione

schommeling

fluctuació

ondeggiamento

variazione

oscilación

αυξομείωση

تَأْرْجُح

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/flʌkt͡ʃuːˈeɪʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Latin fluctuatiōnem, accusative singular of fluctuatiō, from fluctuō, from fluctus. Morphologically fluctuate + -ion.