fluctuation

English Thesaurus

1. the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	irregularity, unregularity,
definition	:	not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	scintillation,
definition	:	the twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlight (noun.attribute)

2. an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change (noun.event)

hypernym	:	alteration, change, modification,
definition	:	an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another (noun.event)

hyponym	:	vicissitude,
definition	:	a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something (noun.event)

hyponym	:	allomerism,
definition	:	(chemistry) variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form (noun.event)

hyponym	:	departure, deviation, difference, divergence,
definition	:	a variation that deviates from the standard or norm (noun.event)

hyponym	:	permutation, replacement, substitution, switch, transposition,
definition	:	an event in which one thing is substituted for another (noun.event)

hyponym	:	business cycle, trade cycle,
definition	:	recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline (noun.event)

hyponym	:	daily variation,
definition	:	fluctuations that occur between one day and the next (noun.event)

hyponym	:	diurnal variation,
definition	:	fluctuations that occur during each day (noun.event)

hyponym	:	tide,
definition	:	something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea) (noun.event)

3. a wave motion (noun.event)

hypernym	:	undulation, wave,
definition	:	(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth (noun.event)

4. the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	fluctuate,
definition	:	be unstable (verb.change)

derivation	:	fluctuate, vacillate, waver, fluctuate, vacillate, waver,
definition	:	move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern (verb.motion)

5. an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change (noun.event)

derivation	:	vary,
definition	:	be subject to change in accordance with a variable (verb.stative)

6. a wave motion (noun.event)

derivation	:	fluctuate, vacillate, waver,
definition	:	move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern (verb.motion)

derivation	:	fluctuate,
definition	:	cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern (verb.motion)

7. the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	fluctuate,
definition	:	be unstable (verb.change)

derivation	:	fluctuate, vacillate, waver, fluctuate, vacillate, waver,
definition	:	move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern (verb.motion)

8. an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change (noun.event)

derivation	:	vary,
definition	:	be subject to change in accordance with a variable (verb.stative)

9. a wave motion (noun.event)

derivation	:	fluctuate, vacillate, waver,
definition	:	move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern (verb.motion)

derivation	:	fluctuate,
definition	:	cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern (verb.motion)