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Fluctuation
Fluctuation Fluc`tu*a"tion, n. [L. fluctuatio; cf. F.
fluctuation.]
1. A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that
direction; as, the fluctuations of the sea.
2. A wavering; unsteadiness; as, fluctuations of opinion;
fluctuations of prices.
3. (Med.) The motion or undulation of a fluid collected in a
natural or artifical cavity, which is felt when it is
subjected to pressure or percussion. --Dunglison.
Meaning of Fluctuation from wikipedia
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Fluctuation may
refer to:
Statistical fluctuations, in statistics,
statistical mechanics, and thermodynamics...
- In
quantum physics, a
quantum fluctuation (also
known as a
vacuum state fluctuation or
vacuum fluctuation) is the
temporary random change in the amount...
- The
fluctuation–dissipation
theorem (FDT) or
fluctuation–dissipation
relation (FDR) is a
powerful tool in
statistical physics for
predicting the behavior...
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might spontaneously decrease; the
fluctuation theorem precisely quantifies this probability. Roughly, the
fluctuation theorem relates to the probability...
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transfers the same
amount to
Earth at
middle latitudes. Any
short term
fluctuation of the
rigidly rotating zonal wind-component is then
accompanied by a...
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drift and
resistance to
drift are
related by the
fluctuation-dissipation theorem.
Thermal fluctuations play a
major role in
phase transitions and chemical...
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fluctuation, or by a
thermal fluctuation generally involving nucleation. By one calculation, a
Boltzmann brain would appear as a
quantum fluctuation in...
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stochastic processes,
chaos theory and time
series analysis,
detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA) is a
method for
determining the
statistical self-affinity...
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tensor modes of
fluctuations.[clarification needed]
Scalar modes have the
power spectrum defined as the mean
squared density fluctuation for a specific...
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their book
Measuring Business Cycles:
Business cycles are a type of
fluctuation found in the
aggregate economic activity of
nations that
organize their...
