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Fluctuability
Fluctuability Fluc`tu*a*bil"i*ty (?; 135), n. The capacity or ability to fluctuate. [R.] --H. Walpole.
Fluctuant
Fluctuant Fluc"tu*ant (?; 135), a. [L. fluctuans, p. pr. of fluctuare. See Fluctuate.] 1. Moving like a wave; wavering; (Med.) showing undulation or fluctuation; as, a fluctuant tumor. 2. Floating on the waves. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Fluctuate
Fluctuate Fluc"tu*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fluctuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Fluctuating.] [L. fluctuatus, p. p. of fluctuare, to wave, fr. fluctus wave, fr. fluere, fluctum, to flow. See Fluent, and cf. Flotilla.] 1. To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air. --Blackmore. 2. To move now in one direction and now in another; to be wavering or unsteady; to be irresolute or undetermined; to vacillate. Syn: To waver; vacillate; hesitate; scruple. Usage: To Fluctuate, Vacillate, Waver. -- Fluctuate is applied both to things and persons and denotes that they move as they are acted upon. The stocks fluctuate; a man fluctuates between conflicting influences. Vacillate and waver are applied to persons to represent them as acting themselves. A man vacillates when he goes backward and forward in his opinions and purposes, without any fixity of mind or principles. A man wavers when he shrinks back or hesitates at the approach of difficulty or danger. One who is fluctuating in his feelings is usually vacillating in resolve, and wavering in execution.
Fluctuate
Fluctuate Fluc"tu*ate, v. t. To cause to move as a wave; to put in motion. [R.] And fluctuate all the still perfume. --Tennyson.
Fluctuated
Fluctuate Fluc"tu*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fluctuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Fluctuating.] [L. fluctuatus, p. p. of fluctuare, to wave, fr. fluctus wave, fr. fluere, fluctum, to flow. See Fluent, and cf. Flotilla.] 1. To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air. --Blackmore. 2. To move now in one direction and now in another; to be wavering or unsteady; to be irresolute or undetermined; to vacillate. Syn: To waver; vacillate; hesitate; scruple. Usage: To Fluctuate, Vacillate, Waver. -- Fluctuate is applied both to things and persons and denotes that they move as they are acted upon. The stocks fluctuate; a man fluctuates between conflicting influences. Vacillate and waver are applied to persons to represent them as acting themselves. A man vacillates when he goes backward and forward in his opinions and purposes, without any fixity of mind or principles. A man wavers when he shrinks back or hesitates at the approach of difficulty or danger. One who is fluctuating in his feelings is usually vacillating in resolve, and wavering in execution.
Fluctuating
Fluctuate Fluc"tu*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fluctuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Fluctuating.] [L. fluctuatus, p. p. of fluctuare, to wave, fr. fluctus wave, fr. fluere, fluctum, to flow. See Fluent, and cf. Flotilla.] 1. To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air. --Blackmore. 2. To move now in one direction and now in another; to be wavering or unsteady; to be irresolute or undetermined; to vacillate. Syn: To waver; vacillate; hesitate; scruple. Usage: To Fluctuate, Vacillate, Waver. -- Fluctuate is applied both to things and persons and denotes that they move as they are acted upon. The stocks fluctuate; a man fluctuates between conflicting influences. Vacillate and waver are applied to persons to represent them as acting themselves. A man vacillates when he goes backward and forward in his opinions and purposes, without any fixity of mind or principles. A man wavers when he shrinks back or hesitates at the approach of difficulty or danger. One who is fluctuating in his feelings is usually vacillating in resolve, and wavering in execution.
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.
Luctual
Luctual Luc"tu*al, a. [L. luctus mourning, sorrow, fr. lugere, fr. luctum, to mourn.] Producing grief; saddening. [Obs.] --Sir G. Buck.
Refluctuation
Refluctuation Re*fluc`tu*a"tion (r?*fl?k`t?*?"sh?n; 135), n. A flowing back; refluence.
Trifluctuation
Trifluctuation Tri*fluc`tu*a"tion, n. [Pref. tri- + fluctuation.] A concurrence of three waves. [Obs.] ``A trifluctuation of evils.' --Sir T. Browne.

Meaning of Luctu from wikipedia

- The great woolly horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus luctus) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. The northern woolly horseshoe...
- The Selangor woolly horseshoe bat or luctus-like horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus luctoides) is a bat species of the family Rhinolophidae endemic to Malaysia...
- With Aether, Terra produces Dolor (Pain), Dolus (Deception), Ira (Anger), Luctus (Mourning), Mendacium (Lying), Iusiurandum (Oath), Vltio (Vengeance), Intemperantia...
- within the topic. Cicero heavily relied on Crantor's "On Grief" (Latin: De Luctu, Gr****: Περὶ Πένθους) in his Tusculan Dis****tions. Cicero also made great...
- "Last Dream" - 05:45 "Frozen Tears" - 07:53 "Atoned for Cries" - 08:52 "Luctu Perditus" - 02:16 "Atoned for Cries (Rough Mix)" - 05:30 Stefan Hertrich...
- Forma sanctitatis (= Model of sanctity), Hymnus cælorum (= Hymn of heaven), Luctus infernorum (= Mourning of ****), in addition to the invocations currently...
- have long, soft fur, but the woolly and lesser woolly horseshoe bats (R. luctus and R. beddomei) are unusual in their very long, woolly fur. Like most bats...
- is told at greater length in the Golden **** by A****ius. Περὶ Πένθους De Luctu On Funerals (On Mourning) A diatribe on mourning from a Cynic perspective...
- to have been inspired by the Gr**** philosopher Crantor's ancient work De Luctu ("On Grief"), and its structure was probably similar to a series of letter...
- Westminster Abbey ten days later. He was the subject of poetic eulogies, such as Luctus Brittannici: or the Tears of the British Muses; for the Death of John Dryden...