Refluctuation
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A flowing back; refluence; ebbing. uncountable, usually
"Now the Reason, or rather the Cause from whence this Imbecility or Weakness of the Head did proceed is, for as much as there is a Penury or lake of Spirits by their Refluctuation to their proper Fountain and Center, and that occasion'd by Sleep, they are not so quickly and readily distributed and diffused again through the Organs of the Senses."
- 2 A return or resurgence. uncountable, usually
"[…] production during years of stress, and its comparative refluctuation when social conditions are easy and prosperous."
Example
More examples"Now the Reason, or rather the Cause from whence this Imbecility or Weakness of the Head did proceed is, for as much as there is a Penury or lake of Spirits by their Refluctuation to their proper Fountain and Center, and that occasion'd by Sleep, they are not so quickly and readily distributed and diffused again through the Organs of the Senses."
Etymology
From re- + fluctuation.
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