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fluctuant
[ fluhk-choo-uhnt ]
adjective
- fluctuating; varying; unstable.
- undulating; moving or seeming to move in waves.
?fluctuant
/ ?fl?ktj??nt /
adjective
- inclined to vary or fluctuate; unstable
Other Word Forms
- ³Ü²Ô¡¤´Ú±ô³Ü³¦ª¤³Ù³Ü¡¤²¹²Ô³Ù adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of fluctuant1
Example Sentences
Playing the film¡¯s most unintentionally destructive force, Mulligan is as fluctuant as a flame, as Jeanette attempts to sew together the young beauty queen she had to stop being when she impulsively got hitched and the world-weary cynic who teaches her son that feeling sorry for the unfortunate is fundamentally pointless.
The Eve of Revolution, for instance, with which the Songs Before Sunrise open, rings with the stirring noise of trumpets: I hear the midnight on the mountains cry With many tongues of thunders, and I hear Sound and resound the hollow shield of sky With trumpet-throated winds that charge and cheer, And through the roar of the hours that fighting fly, Through flight and fight and all the fluctuant fear.
He uses one verse, for example, which with its combination of gliding motion and internal jingles is uncommonly irritating: Hills and valleys where April rallies his radiant squadron of flowers and birds, Steep strange beaches and lustrous reaches of fluctuant sea that the land engirds, Fields and downs that the sunrise crowns with life diviner than lives in words,¡ª a page of this sets the nerves all a-jangle.
How is it, O moon, that melting, Unstintedly, prodigally, On the peaks' hard majesty, Till they seem diaphanous And fluctuant as a veil, And pouring thy rapturous light Through pine, and oak, and laurel, Till the summer-sharpened green, Softening and tremulous, Is a lustrous miracle¡ª How is it that I find, When I turn again to thee, That thy lost and wasted light Is regained in one magic breath?
Is it that now a year has passed In vain pursuit of glittering things, In fruitless searching, shouting, running, And greedy lies and candour cunning, Here as I stand the year above Sudden the heats and the strivings fail And fall away, a fluctuant veil, And the fixed familiar stones restore The old appearance-buried core, The unmoving and essential me, The eternal personality Alone enduring first and last?
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ºÚÁÏÍø does?fluctuant mean?
Fluctuant is an adjective used to describe things that are fluctuating¡ªcontinually changing or shifting back and forth. It often implies that such things are unstable or prone to varying.
It¡¯s typically applied to abstract or intangible things that frequently change, such as temperature, the stock market, or someone¡¯s mood.
It can also be used to describe things that move or seem to move in waves.
Fluctuant is much less commonly used than the verb fluctuate and the noun fluctuation.
Example: The volume on my TV is annoyingly fluctuant¡ªit gets louder during commercials and then it gets quiet again when the show comes back on.
Where does?fluctuant come from?
The first records of the word fluctuant come from the 1500s. It comes from the Latin verb ´Ú±ô³Ü³¦³Ù³Ü¨¡°ù±ð, meaning ¡°to undulate¡± or ¡°to flow,¡± from fluctus, ¡°a wave.¡±
Waves in the ocean are always in motion, rising, falling, going back and forth¡ªthey¡¯re fluctuant. Still, fluctuant is perhaps most commonly applied to nonphysical things. The amount of money in your bank account is fluctuant¡ªit¡¯s always going up and down as you make deposits and withdrawals. Things described as fluctuant may experience fluctuation that¡¯s predictable or unpredictable. The temperature in deserts is fluctuant, often regularly fluctuating between the day, when it¡¯s very hot, and the night, when it can get very cold. If a person¡¯s mood is described as fluctuant, it¡¯s probably unpredictable.
Things that are fluctuant can be said to be in a state of flux¡ªcontinuous change. (The word flux comes from the same root as fluctuant).
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ºÚÁÏÍø are some other forms related to fluctuant?
- fluctuate (verb)
ºÚÁÏÍø are some synonyms for fluctuant?
ºÚÁÏÍø are some words that share a root or word element with fluctuant??
ºÚÁÏÍø are some words that often get used in discussing fluctuant?
How is?fluctuant used in real life?
Fluctuant can be used in all kinds of contexts, but it¡¯s much less commonly used than the verb fluctuate or the noun fluctuation.
This fluctuant weather is making me nuts. Pick one: spring or winter? Let's keep it for more then a day please!
¡ª Kayleigh Kennedy (@Kayl_K)
The Internet is not guaranteed as a public space for speaking up, but is more as a fluctuant space in which people can fight. I can not provide a conclusion more optimistic than this.
¡ª ÂÀƵL¨¹ Pin (@pinerpiner)
In addition, fever is fluctuant, right? Thermal imaging may have a role despite the fact that, at the point of scanning, a subset of infected individuals may not exhibit a fever.
¡ª ChrisMcCullough (@ChrisMcCullough)
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Try using?fluctuant!
Which of the following words is NOT a synonym for fluctuant?
A. variable
B. changing
C. persistent
D. vacillatory
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