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verb (used without object)
1.
to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
2.
to move back and forth in waves.
verb (used with object)
3.
to cause to fluctuate.
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Word Origin & History
fluctuate
1630s, from L. fluctuat-, pp. stem of fluctuare "to undulate" (see fluctuation). Related: Fluctuated; fluctuates; fluctuating.
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Medical Dictionary
fluctuate fluc·tu·ate (flŭk'ch&oomacr;-āt')
v. fluc·tu·at·ed, fluc·tu·at·ing, fluc·tu·ates
To vary irregularly.
To rise and fall in waves; undulate.
fluc'tu·a'tion n.
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