FLUCTUATE

fluctuate

(verb) be unstable; “The stock market fluctuates”

fluctuate, vacillate, waver

(verb) move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; “the line on the monitor vacillated”

fluctuate

(verb) cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

fluctuate (third-person singular simple present fluctuates, present participle fluctuating, simple past and past participle fluctuated)

(intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.

(intransitive) To undulate.

(intransitive) To be irresolute; to waver.

(transitive) To cause to vary irregularly.

Source: Wiktionary

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Fluc"tu*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fluctuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Fluctuating.] Etym: [L. fluctuatus, p.p. of fluctuare, to wave, fr. fluctus wave, fr. fluere, fluctum, to flow. See Fluent, and cf. Flotilla.]

1. To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air. Blackmore.

2. To move now in one direction and now in another; to be wavering or unsteady; to be irresolute or undetermined; to vacillate.

Syn.

– To waver; vacillate; hesitate; scruple.

– To Fluctuate, Vacillate, Waver.

– Fluctuate is applied both to things and persons and denotes that they move as they are acted upon. The stocks fluctuate; a man fluctuates. between conflicting influences. Vacillate and waver are applied to persons to represent them as acting themselves. A man vacillates when he goes backward and forward in his opinions and purposes, without any fixity of mind or principles. A man wavers when he shrinks back or hesitates at the approach of difficulty or danger. One who is fluctuating in his feelings is usually vacillating in resolve, and wavering in execution.

Fluc"tu*ate, v. t.

Definition: To cause to move as a wave; to put in motion. [R.] And fluctuate all the still perfume. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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