fluctuating
/flˈʌktʃəwˌeɪtɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Subject to irregular changes in quantity or quality.
noun
A fluctuation.
Example Sentences
- "...they sat down beside the hearth in the adjoining room, over which the embers of the wood-fire cast a fluctuating light; now the long shadows falling duskily around—now dispersing them with bursts of brilliant flame, as the lighter wood kindled into a short-lived blaze."
- "From these remarks it will be seen that I look at the term species, as one arbitrarily given for the sake of convenience to a set of individuals closely resembling each other, and that it does not essentially differ from the term variety, which is given to less distinct and more fluctuating forms."