fluctuation

1. A wave motion (synset 107360657)
   "the fluctuations of the sea"
   is a type of: undulation, wave - (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
2. An instance of change;
   The rate or magnitude of change (synset 107351990)
   is a type of: alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
   subtypes:

   • vicissitude - a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something
   • allomerism - (chemistry) variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form
   • departure, deviation, difference, divergence - a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
   • permutation, replacement, substitution, switch, transposition - an event in which one thing is substituted for another
   • business cycle, trade cycle - recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline
   • daily variation - fluctuations that occur between one day and the next
   • diurnal variation - fluctuations that occur during each day
   • tide - something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea)
   same as: variation
3. The quality of being unsteady and subject to changes (synset 104778150)
   "he kept a record of price fluctuations"
   is a type of: irregularity, unregularity - not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals
   subtypes: scintillation - the twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlight
   same as: wavering

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