fluctuationn.

Brit.

/ˌflʌktʃʊˈeɪʃn/,

/ˌflʌktjʊˈeɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌfləktʃʊˈeɪʃən/

Forms: Also Middle English -acion.

Etymology: < (either directly or through French) Latin fluctuātiōn-em, noun of action < fluctuāre : see fluctuate v. and -ation suffix.

The action of fluctuating.

a. A motion like that of the waves, an alternate rise and fall. Now rare in physical sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [noun] > rise and fall

ebb and flow1583

fluctuation1646

fluctuancy1659

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [noun]

waving1571

exundation1577

fluctuation1646

exundancea1654

undation1656

exundancy1686

wave-action1880

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xvii. 377 In vaine wee expect a regularity in the waves of the Sea..its Fluctuations are but motions subservient.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 259 This fluctuation of the sea.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess vi. 140 Each base..of those tall columns drown'd In silken fluctuation.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cx. 173 And world-wide fluctuation sway'd In vassal tides that followed thought.

b. Pathology. The undulation of a fluid in any cavity or tumour of the body.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > [noun] > fluid secretion > undulation of

fluctuation1620

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered secretion > [noun] > disorders of fluid secretions

redounding?1541

suppression1583

glut1597

fluctuation1620

grumousness1676

stasis1745

remora1782

hyperosmolarity1947

hyperosmolality1959

1620 T. Venner Via Recta Introd. 8 They..cause fluctuations, and flatuousnesse in the body.

1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning iv. i. 183 The fluctuation or pensility of the Bowells.

1754 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery II. xi. 149 I plainly felt a fluctuation of water.

1819 S. Cooper First Lines Pract. Surg. (ed. 4) I. i. xxviii. 296 The inside of the thigh..presented a kind of fluctuation.

1860 R. Fowler Med. Vocab.

a. The action or condition of passing more or less rapidly and suddenly from one state to another; an instance of this; repeated variation, vicissitude. In plural ‘ups and downs’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > [noun] > repeated change or fluctuation

fluxion1555

fluctuation1610

flux1625

up and down1905

the world > time > change > alternation > change of fortune > [noun] > instance of

peripeteia1591

traverse1601

vicissitude1631

reverse1656

peripety1705

fluctuation1712

twine1768

revulsion1832

reversal1842

1610 Bible (Douay) II. Psalms liv. [lv]. 23 [22] He wil not geve fluctuation to the just for ever.

c1661 Grand Deb. Rev. & Alteration Bk. Common Prayer 82 The Moderatour of the Universe raised up such guides as were sufficient, in so great a fluctuation.

1712 G. Berkeley Passive Obed. §53. 66 In the Various Changes and Fluctuations of Government.

1753 (title) Travels and Adventures of Wm. Bingfield Esq. containing as surprizing a Fluctuation of Circumstances, both by Sea and Land, as ever befel one Man.

1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 210 Every modern language has always existed in fluctuation and change.

b. An alternate rise and fall in amount or degree, price or value, temperature, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > alternation > [noun]

interchangingc1374

alternationc1443

alternement1483

interchange1559

intercourse1571

reciprocation1586

circulation1597

counterchange1602

interchangeableness1606

subalternation1616

vicissitude1624

alternity1646

alternacy1650

alternative1732

variegation1781

fluctuation1802

alternance1826

up and down1855

intermittence1860

1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xxii. 430 Inconveniency from fluctuation of temperature and season.

1804 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) III. 425 The expenses for the repairs..are liable to fluctuation.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 22 The height of the mercurial column is subject to..fluctuation.

3. The condition of passing alternately from one opinion or sentiment to another; an instance of this; vacillation, wavering.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun]

yea-and-nayc1384

vacillationc1400

titteringa1413

stackeringc1440

wondingc1440

fluctuationc1450

waver1519

mammering1532

uncertainty1548

wavering1548

to and fro1553

suspense1560

staggering1565

suspension1568

mammery1578

demur1581

branle1591

dilly-dally1592

hesitance1601

irresolution1601

uncertainness1601

undecision1611

waveringness1614

hesitancy1617

unsettledness1619

hesitation1622

unresolvednessa1626

doubleness of minda1628

wavinga1628

swagging1636

poise1637

mambling1640

stickagea1647

vacillancy1668

whifflinga1677

hovering1679

unresolve1679

irresoluteness1686

shilly-shally1755

indecisiona1763

undecisiveness1779

indecisiveness1793

oscillation1798

flexility1815

shilly-shallying1842

swaying1850

Hamletism1852

teeter1855

havering1866

off and on1875

dilly-dallying1879

double-mindedness1881

hesitatingness1890

dither1958

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > instance of

fluctuationc1450

vary1600

irresolution1601

staggera1616

hesitancy1617

branling1646

volo-nola1672

unresolve1679

c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi i. xxv He was comfortid..& þe douteful fluctuacion cessid.

1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 42 Hee suffered not himselfe to be carried away with any such humourous fluctuation.

1717 L. Howel Desiderius (ed. 3) 99 Subject to no..Fluctuations of the Mind.

1775 S. Johnson Taxation no Tyranny 54 The House of Commons was in a state of fluctuation.

1808 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. I. ii. xi. 186 During this inquiry, we should be plunged into a state of uncertainty and fluctuation.

1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner i. 15 A strange fluctuation between an effort at an increased manifestation of regard and involuntary signs of shrinking and dislike.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	fluctuation
释义	fluctuationn. Brit. /ˌflʌktʃʊˈeɪʃn/, /ˌflʌktjʊˈeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌfləktʃʊˈeɪʃən/ Forms: Also Middle English -acion. Etymology: < (either directly or through French) Latin fluctuātiōn-em, noun of action < fluctuāre : see fluctuate v. and -ation suffix. The action of fluctuating. 1. a. A motion like that of the waves, an alternate rise and fall. Now rare in physical sense. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [noun] > rise and fall ebb and flow1583 fluctuation1646 fluctuancy1659 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [noun] waving1571 exundation1577 fluctuation1646 exundancea1654 undation1656 exundancy1686 wave-action1880 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xvii. 377 In vaine wee expect a regularity in the waves of the Sea..its Fluctuations are but motions subservient. View more context for this quotation 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 259 This fluctuation of the sea. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess vi. 140 Each base..of those tall columns drown'd In silken fluctuation. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cx. 173 And world-wide fluctuation sway'd In vassal tides that followed thought. View more context for this quotation b. Pathology. The undulation of a fluid in any cavity or tumour of the body. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > [noun] > fluid secretion > undulation of fluctuation1620 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered secretion > [noun] > disorders of fluid secretions redounding?1541 suppression1583 glut1597 fluctuation1620 grumousness1676 stasis1745 remora1782 hyperosmolarity1947 hyperosmolality1959 1620 T. Venner Via Recta Introd. 8 They..cause fluctuations, and flatuousnesse in the body. 1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning iv. i. 183 The fluctuation or pensility of the Bowells. 1754 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery II. xi. 149 I plainly felt a fluctuation of water. 1819 S. Cooper First Lines Pract. Surg. (ed. 4) I. i. xxviii. 296 The inside of the thigh..presented a kind of fluctuation. 1860 R. Fowler Med. Vocab. 2. a. The action or condition of passing more or less rapidly and suddenly from one state to another; an instance of this; repeated variation, vicissitude. In plural ‘ups and downs’. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > [noun] > repeated change or fluctuation fluxion1555 fluctuation1610 flux1625 up and down1905 the world > time > change > alternation > change of fortune > [noun] > instance of peripeteia1591 traverse1601 vicissitude1631 reverse1656 peripety1705 fluctuation1712 twine1768 revulsion1832 reversal1842 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Psalms liv. [lv]. 23 [22] He wil not geve fluctuation to the just for ever. c1661 Grand Deb. Rev. & Alteration Bk. Common Prayer 82 The Moderatour of the Universe raised up such guides as were sufficient, in so great a fluctuation. 1712 G. Berkeley Passive Obed. §53. 66 In the Various Changes and Fluctuations of Government. 1753 (title) Travels and Adventures of Wm. Bingfield Esq. containing as surprizing a Fluctuation of Circumstances, both by Sea and Land, as ever befel one Man. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 210 Every modern language has always existed in fluctuation and change. b. An alternate rise and fall in amount or degree, price or value, temperature, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > alternation > [noun] interchangingc1374 alternationc1443 alternement1483 interchange1559 intercourse1571 reciprocation1586 circulation1597 counterchange1602 interchangeableness1606 subalternation1616 vicissitude1624 alternity1646 alternacy1650 alternative1732 variegation1781 fluctuation1802 alternance1826 up and down1855 intermittence1860 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xxii. 430 Inconveniency from fluctuation of temperature and season. 1804 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) III. 425 The expenses for the repairs..are liable to fluctuation. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 22 The height of the mercurial column is subject to..fluctuation. 3. The condition of passing alternately from one opinion or sentiment to another; an instance of this; vacillation, wavering. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] yea-and-nayc1384 vacillationc1400 titteringa1413 stackeringc1440 wondingc1440 fluctuationc1450 waver1519 mammering1532 uncertainty1548 wavering1548 to and fro1553 suspense1560 staggering1565 suspension1568 mammery1578 demur1581 branle1591 dilly-dally1592 hesitance1601 irresolution1601 uncertainness1601 undecision1611 waveringness1614 hesitancy1617 unsettledness1619 hesitation1622 unresolvednessa1626 doubleness of minda1628 wavinga1628 swagging1636 poise1637 mambling1640 stickagea1647 vacillancy1668 whifflinga1677 hovering1679 unresolve1679 irresoluteness1686 shilly-shally1755 indecisiona1763 undecisiveness1779 indecisiveness1793 oscillation1798 flexility1815 shilly-shallying1842 swaying1850 Hamletism1852 teeter1855 havering1866 off and on1875 dilly-dallying1879 double-mindedness1881 hesitatingness1890 dither1958 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > instance of fluctuationc1450 vary1600 irresolution1601 staggera1616 hesitancy1617 branling1646 volo-nola1672 unresolve1679 c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi i. xxv He was comfortid..& þe douteful fluctuacion cessid. 1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 42 Hee suffered not himselfe to be carried away with any such humourous fluctuation. 1717 L. Howel Desiderius (ed. 3) 99 Subject to no..Fluctuations of the Mind. 1775 S. Johnson Taxation no Tyranny 54 The House of Commons was in a state of fluctuation. 1808 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. I. ii. xi. 186 During this inquiry, we should be plunged into a state of uncertainty and fluctuation. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner i. 15 A strange fluctuation between an effort at an increased manifestation of regard and involuntary signs of shrinking and dislike. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1450
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