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- Latin · borrowed fromfluctuatiōnem
- English todayfluctuation
Borrowed from Latin fluctuatiōnem, accusative singular of fluctuatiō, from fluctuō, from fluctus. Morphologically fluctuate + -ion.
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fluctuation
Today it means: A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; an irregular rising and falling. Full definition →
Latin fluctuatiōnem