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fluctuating Definition


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fluctuate
verb
    intr
    fluctuated, fluctuating
    1. To vary in amount, value, level, etc; to rise and fall.
      Example: Stock prices fluctuated dramatically over the day
      Thesaurus: hesitate, vacillate, waver, sway, change, alternate, seesaw, shift, vary, pendulate.
Derivative: fluctuant
adj
    Derivative: fluctuation
    noun
      Etymology: 17c: from Latin fluctuare, fluctuatum to undulate, from fluere to flow.



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