erratic

Определение erratic в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: Anything that has erratic characteristics; unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent
Henry has been getting erratic scores on his tests: 40% last week, but 98% this week.; a rock moved by geologic forces from one location to another, usually by a glacier; irregular; {a} wandering, irregular, uncertain, loose; Something that is erratic does not follow a regular pattern, but happens at unexpected times or moves along in an irregular way. Argentina's erratic inflation rate threatens to upset the plans. = unpredictable + erratically er·rati·cal·ly Police stopped him for driving erratically. something that is erratic does not follow any pattern or plan but happens in a way that is not regular (erratique, from errare; ERR); in an erratic manner; unsteadily or randomly; Irregular; changeable; A boulder or other rock fragment transported by glacial ice from their place of origin (or a previous glacial resting point) to an area which has a different type of bedrock; {s} unsettled, irregular, having no fixed course, tending to wander; One who deviates from common and accepted opinions; one who is eccentric or preserve in his intellectual character; Large rock or boulder carried by water or glaciers and left behind; A boulder which has been transported from its source by a glacier, sometimes over a considerable distance, and has been left stranded when the ice melted; it is thus, often, of a different type from neighbouring rocks (3); having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"; A boulder that has been carried from its source by a glacier and deposited as the glacier melted Thus, the boulder is often of a different rock type from surrounding types; A large rock boulder that has been transported by glaciers away from its origin and deposited in a region of dissimilar rock; A large clast left behind by melting ice and composed of rock not found locally; liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next"; A glacier borne boulder, often quite large, deposited far from its place of origin; a big rock left by glaciers; Having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination; wandering; moving; hence, applied to the planets as distinguished from the fixed stars; Any stone or material that has been borne away from its original site by natural agencies; esp; likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond; A rogue; A large rock that is not of local origin and has been moved to its location by glacial ice; {i} large stone or boulder carried by a glacier and left in a new location (Glaciology); Deviating from a wise of the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; strange; queer; as, erratic conduct; a large block or fragment of rock; a bowlder; errabund; erratical; spasmodic
erratic behavior: inconsistent or unstable conduct, unpredictable behavior, irregular conduct
erratical: erratic
erratically: In an erratic manner; unsteadily or randomly, unpredictably
When I saw the other driver weaving erratically across the road, I decided to keep my distance.
glacial erratic: a piece of rock that differs from the size and type of rock native to the area in which it rests
erratically: {a} without rule, order or method
erratically: in an unsettled manner, irregularly, without a fixed course, with a tendency to wander
erratically: In an erratic manner; unpredictably
erratically: in an erratic unpredictable manner; "economic changes are proceeding erratically
erratically: in an erratic unpredictable manner; "economic changes are proceeding erratically"