Fluctuation

//flʌkt͡ʃuːˈeɪʃən//

Synonyms for "fluctuation" (106 found)

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Noun(2 words)
variationwavering

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related to

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Translations

52 translations across 20 languages.

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Arabic

4 entries
  • تَأْرْجُح noun (wavelike motion)
  • تَذَبذُب noun (wavering; unsteadiness)
  • تَقَلُّب noun (wavelike motion)
  • تَقَلُّب noun (wavering; unsteadiness)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • колебание noun (wavering; unsteadiness)
  • флуктуация noun (wavering; unsteadiness)

Catalan

2 entries
  • fluctuació noun (wavelike motion)
  • fluctuació noun (wavering; unsteadiness)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 波動 /波动 noun (wavelike motion)
  • 變動 /变动 noun (wavering; unsteadiness)

Czech

1 entries
  • fluktuace noun (wavering; unsteadiness)

Danish

1 entries
  • fluktuation noun (wavering; unsteadiness)

Dutch

1 entries
  • schommeling noun (wavering; unsteadiness)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • fluktuado noun (wavelike motion)
  • fluktuado noun (wavering; unsteadiness)

Finnish

4 entries
  • heilahtelu noun (wavelike motion)
  • heilahtelu noun (wavering; unsteadiness)
  • huojunta noun (wavelike motion)
  • huojunta noun (wavering; unsteadiness)

French

2 entries
  • fluctuation noun (wavelike motion)
  • fluctuation noun (wavering; unsteadiness)

German

3 entries
  • Fluktuation noun (wavering; unsteadiness)
  • Schwankung noun (wavelike motion)
  • Schwankung noun (wavering; unsteadiness)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • fluktuáció noun (wavering; unsteadiness)
  • fluktuálás noun (wavering; unsteadiness)
  • hullámzás noun (wavelike motion)
  • hullámzás noun (wavering; unsteadiness)

Irish

1 entries
  • luaineacht noun (wavering; unsteadiness)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ばらつき noun (wavering; unsteadiness)
  • 増減 noun (wavering; unsteadiness)
  • 変動 noun (wavering; unsteadiness)
  • 波動 noun (wavelike motion)

Polish

4 entries
  • falowanie noun (wavelike motion)
  • fluktuacja noun (wavering; unsteadiness)
  • wahanie noun (wavelike motion)
  • wahanie noun (wavering; unsteadiness)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • flutuação noun (wavelike motion)
  • flutuação noun (wavering; unsteadiness)
  • ondulação noun (wavelike motion)

Russian

3 entries
  • колеба́ние noun (wavelike motion)
  • колеба́ние noun (wavering; unsteadiness)
  • неусто́йчивость noun (wavering; unsteadiness)

Spanish

2 entries
  • fluctuación noun (wavelike motion)
  • fluctuación noun (wavering; unsteadiness)

Turkish

1 entries
  • dalgalanma noun (wavering; unsteadiness)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • колива́ння noun (wavelike motion)
  • колива́ння noun (wavering; unsteadiness)
  • флукту́ація noun (wavelike motion)
  • флукту́ація noun (wavering; unsteadiness)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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This time of year we experience a high fluctuation of insects in the house.

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The fluctuation in prices caused a financial crisis.

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Today the fortune of Algeria is tied to the fluctuation of global oil prices.

Source: tatoeba (8592868)

Experts say the absence of early warning systems increases the effects of climate fluctuation on the poor.

Source: tatoeba (11137753)

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