Thesaurus: fluctuate
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.
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Definitions
- 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.
- v. cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
- v. move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
- v. be unstable
- v:100 v. cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern v. move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern v. be unstable