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.
However it's more subtle than that-actually these quantum fields are subject to the uncertainty principle, and the twitch that is a quantum vacuum fluctuation is merely a potential field configuration arising from the uncertainty principle. these particles appear to be a completely uncaused event which defies reason.