Meaning of Flutter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.
   countable, uncountable
2. A state of agitation.
   countable, uncountable
3. An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
   countable, uncountable
4. An extremely dangerous divergent oscillation caused by a positive feedback loop between the elastic deformation of an object and the aerodynamic forces acting on it, potentially resulting in rapid structural failure.
   uncountable
5. A small bet or risky investment.
   British, countable, uncountable
6. A hasty game of cards or similar.
   countable, uncountable
7. The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“the flutter of a fan”

“the chirp and flutter of some single bird”

“flutter of spirits”

“Their visitor was an issue - at least to the imagination, and they arrived finally, under provocation, at intensities of flutter in which they felt themselves so compromised by his hoverings that they could only consider with relief the fact of nobody's knowing.”

“The possibility was studied that there might be some unknown phenomenon at work that could cause a reduction in structural stiffness with age. Such a reduction in stiffness could result in a reduced flutter speed and lead to flutter. In 2004, Airbus conducted GVT in support of its MRTT program. The testing was conducted on an aged A310 aircraft (MSN 523) that had accumulated over 28 000 flight hours. This test aircraft had the same design of VTP and rudder as the occurrence aircraft. GVT results found that fin bending and rudder rotation frequencies of the MRTT test aircraft were consistent with those obtained during the original A310-300 certification. No indication was found to suggest that stiffness had reduced with age.”

“"Oh, by the way, I heard of a rather good thing today, New Kleinfonteins; it's a gold mine in Rhodesia. If you'd like to have a flutter you might make a bit."”

“30 July, 2009, Eurosport, Gray Matter: How will Schu do? So with his victory odds currently at 14/1 or 3/1 for the podium, he's still most certainly well worth a flutter […]”

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