fluctuate

[Fluc·tu*ate]

Something that fluctuates varies or changes it's the opposite of steady. Like the ups and downs of the stock market or the relationship status of a Hollywood starlet.

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To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air.

Verb
be unstable; have ups and downs; "The stock market fluctuates"

Verb
move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"

Verb
cause to fluctuate or move in a wave-like pattern

v. i.
To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air.

v. i.
To move now in one direction and now in another; to be wavering or unsteady; to be irresolute or undetermined; to vacillate.

v. t.
To cause to move as a wave; to put in motion.

Fluctuate

Fluc"tu*ate , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fluctuated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fluctuating .] [L. fluctuatus, p.p. of fluctuare, to wave, fr. fluctus wave, fr. fluere, fluctum, to flow. See Fluent, and cf. Flotilla.] 1. To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air. Blackmore. 2. To move now in one direction and now in another; to be wavering or unsteady; to be irresolute or undetermined; to vacillate. Syn. -- To waver; vacillate; hesitate; scruple. -- To Fluctuate, Vacillate, Waver. -- Fluctuate is applied both to things and persons and denotes that they move as they are acted upon. The stocks fluctuate; a man fluctuates. between conflicting influences. Vacillate and waver are applied to persons to represent them as acting themselves. A man vacillates when he goes backward and forward in his opinions and purposes, without any fixity of mind or principles. A man wavers when he shrinks back or hesitates at the approach of difficulty or danger. One who is fluctuating in his feelings is usually vacillating in resolve, and wavering in execution.

Fluctuate

Fluc"tu*ate, v. t. To cause to move as a wave; to put in motion. [R.]

And fluctuate all the still perfume.

To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air.

To cause to move as a wave; to put in motion.

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