English > fluctuation: 3 senses > noun 2, event| Meaning | An instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change. |
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| Synonym | variation |
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| Narrower | allomerism | (chemistry) variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form |
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| business cycle, trade cycle | recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline |
| daily variation | fluctuations that occur between one day and the next |
| deviation, divergence, departure, difference | A variation that deviates from the standard or norm |
| diurnal variation | fluctuations that occur during each day |
| substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switch | An event in which one thing is substituted for another |
| tide | Something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea) |
| vicissitude | A variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something |
| Broader | change, alteration, modification | An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another |
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| Spanish | fluctuación, variación |
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| Catalan | fluctuació, variació |
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| Verbs | fluctuate | move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern |
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