shifting

nouns

the act of moving from one place to another
"his constant shifting disrupted the class"
is derived from
is derived from

adjectives

continuously varying
"taffeta with shifting colors"
is similar to
liable to or capable of change
"rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable"; "variable winds"; "variable expenses"
changing position or direction
"he drifted into the shifting crowd"; "their nervous shifting glances"; "shifty winds"
(of soil) unstable
"shifting sands"; "unfirm earth"