Constantly changing up and down; varying irregularly without staying stable or steady.
From Latin 'fluctuare' meaning 'to wave' (from 'fluctus' meaning wave). The word literally describes something moving like waves on water.
Stock prices fluctuate in patterns similar to waves—and neuroscientists have discovered our brainwaves literally show fluctuation, suggesting the universe from oceans to neurons operates on wave principles.
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