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alternations

/ˌɔltərˈneɪʃənz/ /ˌæltərˈneɪʃənz/

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noun

Abwechslungen, Wechsel

The reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence

Examples :

"alternation between night shifts and day shifts"

Abwechslung zwischen Nachtschichten und Tagesschichten

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noun

Wechselgesänge, Wechselreden

The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.

Examples :

"The church service featured beautiful alternations, with the congregation responding to the minister's sermon in a call-and-response style. "

Der Gottesdienst enthielt wunderschöne Wechselgesänge, bei denen die Gemeinde im Wechselgesang auf die Predigt des Pfarrers reagierte.

religion ritual communication

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noun

Ablaut

Examples :

"The past tense forms of some verbs, like "sing, sang, sung," show clear alternations in the vowel sound. "

Die Präteritumsformen einiger Verben, wie „sing, sang, sung“, zeigen deutliche Ablaut im Vokal.

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noun

Abwechslungen, Variationen

A pattern by which more than one construct is possible, as with "Alice cooked Bob dinner" and "Alice cooked dinner for Bob".

Examples :

"dative alternation; locative alternation"

Dativ-Alternation; Lokativ-Alternation

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noun

Oder-Funktion

The "inclusive or" truth function.

Examples :

"The teacher allowed alternations; students could choose to write their essay on either the book or the movie, or even both. "

Der Lehrer erlaubte die Oder-Funktion; die Schüler konnten wählen, ob sie ihren Aufsatz über das Buch oder den Film oder sogar über beides schreiben wollten.

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noun

Wechsel, Abwechslung

A sequence that alternates between positive and negative values; sometimes incorrectly used to mean permutation.

Examples :

"The stock market showed unpredictable alternations between gains and losses throughout the day. "

Der Aktienmarkt zeigte den ganzen Tag über unvorhersehbare Wechsel zwischen Gewinnen und Verlusten.

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noun

Abwechslungen, Alternativen

A construct in a regular expression that can match any of several specified subexpressions.

Examples :

"The search query used alternations to find either "cat" or "dog" in the documents. "

Die Suchanfrage verwendete Alternativen, um entweder „Katze“ oder „Hund“ in den Dokumenten zu finden.

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noun

Abwechslungen, Wechsel

A type of partial truncation of a polygon, polyhedron or tiling in which alternate vertices are removed.

Examples :

"The visual effect of the alternating black and white squares in a checkerboard can be seen as alternations of colored tiles. "

Der visuelle Effekt der abwechselnden schwarzen und weißen Quadrate auf einem Schachbrett kann als Wechsel farbiger Kacheln betrachtet werden.