Winter in Chicago proves quite variable: Seasonal snowfall in the city has ranged from 9.8 inches (24.9 cm) (in 1920â21) up to 89.7 in (228 cm) (in 1978â79) and the average annual snowfall in Chicago is 36 inches (91 cm).
Fluctuation (noun). a wavering; unsteadiness; as, fluctuations of opinion; fluctuations of prices. Fluctuation (noun). 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.iktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: fluctuation (Noun). A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction. the fluctuations of the sea. fluctuation (Noun). A wavering; unsteadiness.
Fluctuating; unstable. Example sentences. 1  From where he lay on the end of the dock, the river was like fluctuant diamond-paned glass of two colors, olive green and steel blue, leaded together by wavering white stitches of sun.2  What matters is their interpretability, the meanings they attract, their fluctuant interpretive magnetism.luctuating; unstable. Example sentences. 1  From where he lay on the end of the dock, the river was like fluctuant diamond-paned glass of two colors, olive green and steel blue, leaded together by wavering white stitches of sun.