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Noun fluctuation has 3 senses
  1. fluctuation - a wave motion; "the fluctuations of the sea"
    --1 is a kind of     wave, undulation
    Derived forms: verb fluctuate1, verb fluctuate2
  2. variation, fluctuation - an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
    --2 is a kind of change, alteration, modification
    --2 has particulars:
     vicissitude; allomerism; deviation, divergence, departure, difference; substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switch; business cycle, trade cycle; daily variation; diurnal variation; tide
    Derived form: verb fluctuate2
  3. fluctuation, wavering - the quality of being unsteady and subject to fluctuations; "he kept a record of price fluctuations"
    --3 is a kind of irregularity, unregularity
    --3 has particulars: scintillation
    Derived form: verb fluctuate3
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