alternating

al·ter·nate

A0231500 (ôl′tər-nāt′, ăl′-)v. al·ter·nat·ed, al·ter·nat·ing, al·ter·nates v.intr.1. a. To occur in a successive manner: day alternating with night.b. To act or proceed by turns: The students alternated at the computer.2. To pass back and forth from one state, action, or place to another: alternated between happiness and depression.3. Electricity To reverse direction at regular intervals in a circuit.v.tr.1. To do or execute by turns.2. To cause to alternate: alternated light and dark squares to form a pattern.adj. (-nĭt)1. Happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously: alternate seasons of the year.2. Designating or relating to every other one of a series: alternate lines.3. Serving or used in place of another; substitute: an alternate plan. See Usage Note at alternative.4. Botany a. Arranged singly at each node, as leaves or buds on different sides of a stem.b. Arranged regularly between other parts, as stamens between petals.n. (-nĭt)1. A person acting in the place of another; a substitute.2. An alternative.

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[Latin alternāre, alternāt-, from alternus, by turns, from alter, other; see al- in Indo-European roots.]

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al′ter·nate·ly adv.

alternating

(ˈɔːltəˌneɪtɪŋ) adjhappening in succession

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	alternating - (of a current) reversing direction; "alternating current"electricity - a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protonsdirect - (of a current) flowing in one direction only; "direct current"
	2.	alternating - occurring by turns; first one and then the other; "alternating feelings of love and hate"alternatecyclical, cyclic - recurring in cycles

alternating

adjective interchanging, changing, shifting, swinging, rotating, fluctuating, occurring by turns, oscillating, vacillating, seesawing alternating cycles of REM and non-REM sleep

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