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Webster 1913 Edition

Fluctuant

Fluc′tu-ant

(?; 135)

,

Adj.

[L.

fluctuans

, p. pr. of

fluctuare

. See

.]

1.

Moving like a wave; wavering

;

(Med.)

showing undulation or fluctuation;

as, a

fluctuant

tumor

.

2.

Floating on the waves.

[Obs.]

Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fluctuant

FLUC'TUANT

,

Adj.

[L. fluctuans. See Fluctuate.] Moving like a wave; wavering; unsteady.