| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In a fluttering manner.[Websters]
2. In a troubled, disquieting or worrying manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a bustling manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a stewed manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a thrilling manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a disordered manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In a jittering manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In an alarming or dismaying manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. In a shocking or jarring manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Adverbial inflection of the verb-based adjective fluttering.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Base (Fluttering) | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb flutter.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (flutter) | 1. Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart.[Wordnet]. 2. Move back and forth very rapidly.[Wordnet]. 3. Flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements; "The seagulls fluttered overhead".[Wordnet]. 4. Beat rapidly.[Wordnet]. 5. Wink briefly.[Wordnet]. 6. Wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids".[Wordnet]. 7. Beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated".[Wordnet]. 8. To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.[Websters]. 9. To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion.[Websters]. 10. Base verb from the following inflections: fluttering, fluttered, flutters, flutterer, flutterers, flutteringly and flutteredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FLUTTERINGLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1841. (references) |
Specialty Definition: flutter
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] To move or flap the wings rapidly, without flying, or with short flights; to hover. As an eagle stirreth up her next, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings - Deut. 32.. | 2: [Verb] To move about briskly, irregularly or with great bustle and show, without consequence. No rag, no scrap of all the beau or wit, that once so fluttered, and that once so writ.. | 3: [Verb] To move with quick vibrations or undulations; as a fluttering fan; a fluttering sail.. | 4: [Verb] To be in agitation; to move irregularly; to fluctuate; to be in uncertainty. How long we fluttered on the wings of doubtful success. His thoughts are very fluttering and wandering.. | 5: [Verb] To drive in disorder. [Little used.]. | 6: [Verb] To hurry the mind; to agitate.. | 7: [Verb] To disorder; to throw into confusion.. | 8: [Noun] Quick and irregular motion; vibration; undulation; as the flutter of a fan.. | 9: [Noun] Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Aerospace | An aeroelastic self-excited vibration in which the external source of energy is the airstream and which depends on the elastic, inertial and dissipative forces of the system in addition to the aerodynamic forces. (references) | ||
| Business | Rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency. Note: Examples of flutter are (a) rapid variations in received signal levels, such as variations that may be caused by atmospheric disturbances, antenna movements in a high wind, or interaction with other signals, (b) in radio propagation, a phenomenon in which nearly all radio signals that are usually reflected by ionospheric layers in or above the E-region experience partial or complete absorption, (c) in radio transmission, rapidly changing signal levels, together with variable multipath time delays, caused by reflection and possible partial absorption of the signal by aircraft flying through the radio beam or common scatter volume, (d) the variation in the transmission characteristics of a loaded telephone circuit caused by the action of telegraph direct currents on the loading coils, and (e) in recording and reproducing equipment, the deviation of frequency caused by irregular mechanical motion, e.g., that of capstan angular velocity in a tape transport mechanism, during operation. (references) | ||
| Electrical Engineering | An undesired form of frequency modulation introduced into the recorded signal by an irregular motion of the recording medium during the recording/reproducing process. Its frequency is above 10 Hz. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Health | A rapid vibration or pulsation. (references) | ||
| Literature | Flutter A very weak specimen of a fop, in the Belle's Stratagem, by Mrs. Cowley. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Medicine | 1: A very rapid, regular beating of a heart chamber. Source: European Union. (references) | 2: Low-frequency vibration sensed cutaneously. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Physics | A distortion in reproduced sound similar to wow in origin but of higher pitch. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Post & Telecom | 1: Distortion of a signal due to phase distortion. Source: European Union. (references) | 2: Undesired form of frequency modulation introduced into the recorded signal by an irregular motion of the recording medium during the recording/reproducing process, the frequency of which is above 10 Hz. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Transportation | High-frequency oscillation of structure under interaction of aerodynamic and aeroelastic forces. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] (UK) a small bet. (references) | 2: [Noun] a state of agitation. (references) | 3: [Noun] an abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart. (references) | 4: [Noun] the act of fluttering. (references) | 5: [Verb] (intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings. (references) | 6: [Verb] (intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly; as, flags fluttering in the wind. (references) | 7: [Verb] (transitive) To cause something to flutter. (references) |
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Common Expressions: flutter
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Atrial flutter | Atrial flutter is a rhythmic, fast rhythm that occurs in the atria of the heart. This rhythm occurs most often in individuals with organic heart disease (ie: pericarditis, coronary artery disease, and cardiomyopathy). (references) | ||
| Flutter kick | A swimming kick; the legs are moved rapidly up and down without bending the knees. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Flutter kick | The flutter kick is a kicking movement used in both swimming and calisthenics. (references) | ||
| Flutter tonguing | Flutter tonguing is a wind instrument tonguing technique in which performers flutter their tongue to make a characteristic "FrrrrFrrrrr" sound. In sheet music, fluttering is often abbreviated as "flt.". (references) | ||
| Flutter wheel | A water wheel placed below a fall or in a chute where rapidly moving water strikes the tips of the floats; -- so called from the spattering, and the fluttering noise it makes. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: flutter
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Atrial Flutter | Health | Rapid, irregular atrial contractions due to an abnormality of atrial excitation. (references) | |
| Atrial flutter | Medicine | Arrhythmia associated with an atrial rate of about 300 beats/min. In untreated patients the ventricular rate is half the atrial rate, i. e. , 150 beats/min. A significant slower ventricular rate suggests abnormal AV conduction. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Coupled flutter | Physics | Flutter which occurs because of coupling (inertial, aerodynamic, or elastic) between two or more degrees of freedom. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Flutter the Dovecotes | Literature | 1: (To). To disturb the equanimity of a society. The phrase occurs in Coriolanus. 2: "The important movement in favour of a general school of law fluttered the dovecotes of the Inns of Court." - Nineteenth Century (Nov. 1892 p. 779). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Torsional flutter | Transportation | Flutter involving mainly oscillatory twisting in a wing or other aerofoil. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: flutter | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Atrial flutter | 25 | Atrial flutter | 25 | |
| The End of Flutter Valley | 15 | Flutter | 9 | |
| Wow and flutter measurement | 12 | Flutter (alternative meanings) | 3 | |
| Flutter | 9 | Flutter Girl | 7 | |
| Wow and Flutter | 8 | Flutter kick | 3 | |
| Flutter Girl | 7 | Flutter valve | 5 | |
| Flutter valve | 5 | Ocular flutter | 2 | |
| Wow & Flutter | 4 | The End of Flutter Valley | 15 | |
| Flutter (alternative meanings) | 3 | Wow & Flutter | 4 | |
| Flutter kick | 3 | Wow and Flutter | 8 | |
| Ocular flutter | 2 | Wow and flutter measurement | 12 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
