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fluctuant

[fluhk-choo-uhnt]

Origin

adjective

fluctuating; varying; unstable.

undulating; moving or seeming to move in waves.

Origin:
1550–60; < Latin fluctuant- (stem of fluctuāns) (present participle of fluctuāre to undulate). See fluctuate, -ant

Related forms

un·fluc·tu·ant, adjective

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fluctuant (ˈflʌktjʊənt)

—*adj*
	inclined to vary or fluctuate; unstable

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Word Origin & History

fluctuant

1550s, from L. fluctuantem, prp. of fluctuare (see fluctuation).

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