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alternate
noun
That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
Grateful
alternates
of substantial. -Prior
(Misuse) A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
(
math
) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
(
heraldry
) figure, Figures or tinctures that succeed each other by turns.
Translations:
verb
(
alternat, ing
)
(
transitive
) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
(
intransitive
) To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time;—followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.
(
intransitive
) To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.
Translations:
German: alternieren
French: alterner
(fr)
adjective
Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.
And bid passions fall and rise
. -Pope
(
math
) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
the members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.
other, Other; or as common
misuse when meaning
alternative.
(
botany
) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence. --Gray.
Translations:
Etymology:
From (
term, alternare, , take turns
), (
term, alternus, , one after another, by turns
), from (
term, alter, , other
). See (
term, altern
), (
term, alter
).
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