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fluctuation
Overview of noun fluctuation
The noun fluctuation has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. fluctuation -- (a wave motion; "the fluctuations of the sea")
2. variation, fluctuation -- (an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change)
3. fluctuation, wavering -- (the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes; "he kept a record of price fluctuations")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fluctuation
3 senses of fluctuation
Sense 1
fluctuation
=> wave, undulation
=> movement, motion
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
variation, fluctuation
=> change, alteration, modification
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
fluctuation, wavering
=> irregularity, unregularity
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun fluctuation
2 of 3 senses of fluctuation
Sense 2
variation, fluctuation
=> vicissitude
=> allomerism
=> deviation, divergence, departure, difference
=> substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switch
=> business cycle, trade cycle
=> daily variation
=> diurnal variation
=> tide
Sense 3
fluctuation, wavering
=> scintillation
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fluctuation
3 senses of fluctuation
Sense 1
fluctuation
=> wave, undulation
Sense 2
variation, fluctuation
=> change, alteration, modification
Sense 3
fluctuation, wavering
=> irregularity, unregularity
Antonyms of noun fluctuation
Member Holonyms of noun fluctuation
Substance Holonyms of noun fluctuation
Part Holonyms of noun fluctuation
Member Meronyms of noun fluctuation
Substance Meronyms of noun fluctuation
Part Meronyms of noun fluctuation
Meronyms of noun fluctuation
Holonyms of noun fluctuation
Attributes of noun fluctuation
Derived Forms of noun fluctuation
3 senses of fluctuation
Sense 1
fluctuation
RELATED TO>(verb) fluctuate#1
=> fluctuate
RELATED TO>(verb) fluctuate#2
=> fluctuate, vacillate, waver
Sense 2
variation, fluctuation
RELATED TO>(verb) fluctuate#2
=> fluctuate, vacillate, waver
Sense 3
fluctuation, wavering
RELATED TO>(verb) fluctuate#3
=> fluctuate
Domain of noun fluctuation
Domain Terms of noun fluctuation
Familiarity of noun fluctuation
fluctuation used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun fluctuation
3 senses of fluctuation
Sense 1
fluctuation
> wave, undulation
=> gravity wave, gravitation wave
=> sine wave
=> oscillation, vibration
=> fluctuation
=> seiche
=> standing wave, stationary wave
=> traveling wave
=> sound wave, acoustic wave
=> wave form, waveform, wave shape
=> shock wave, blast wave
=> pulsation, pulsing, pulse, impulse
=> flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering
Sense 2
variation, fluctuation
> change, alteration, modification
=> acceleration
=> deceleration, slowing, retardation
=> avulsion
=> break
=> mutation
=> sublimation
=> surprise
=> birth, nativity, nascency, nascence
=> separation, breakup, detachment
=> vagary
=> variation, fluctuation
=> conversion
=> death, decease, expiry
=> decrease, lessening, drop-off
=> destabilization
=> increase
=> easing, moderation, relief
=> deformation
=> transition
=> transformation, transmutation, shift
=> twinkle, scintillation, sparkling
=> shimmer, play
=> transmutation
=> damage, harm, impairment
=> development
=> revolution
=> mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation
=> sex change
=> loss of consciousness
Sense 3
fluctuation, wavering
> irregularity, unregularity
=> inhomogeneity
=> fitfulness, jerkiness
=> intermittence, intermittency
=> fluctuation, wavering
=> randomness, haphazardness, stochasticity, noise
=> unevenness, variability
=> unsteadiness
Meronyms of noun fluctuation
3 senses of fluctuation
Holonyms of noun fluctuation
Grep of noun fluctuation
fluctuation
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