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alternate

/ˈɔltərnət/ /ˈæltərˌneɪt/

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noun

That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.

Examples :

"The alternate periods of rain and sunshine made for a very unpredictable afternoon. "

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noun

A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.

Examples :

"My sister is the alternate for the school play; she will act if the lead actress is sick. "

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noun

A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.

Examples :

"The recipe for the cake called for a 2:3 sugar-to-flour ratio. The alternate, using 3 parts sugar to 2 parts flour, would likely result in a different texture. "

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noun

A replacement of equal or greater value or function.

Examples :

"The teacher used an alternate assignment for students who missed the field trip. "

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noun

Figures or tinctures that succeed each other by turns.

Examples :

"The schedule alternates between math and science classes every other day. "

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verb

To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.

Examples :

"The students alternate their reading roles in class, taking turns reading each paragraph. "

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verb

To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.

Examples :

"The flood and ebb tides alternate with each other."

time action process

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verb

To vary by turns.

Examples :

"The land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains."

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verb

To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.

Examples :

"To improve the design, the architect alternated the columns on the building's facade, removing every other one. "

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adjective

Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly)

Examples :

"alternate picking is a guitar playing technique"

time way process

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adjective

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.

Examples :

"the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc."

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adjective

Other; alternative.

Examples :

"He lives in an alternate universe and an alternate reality."

possibility type

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adjective

(of leaves) Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.

Examples :

"Many trees have alternate leaf arrangement (e.g. birch, oak and mulberry)."

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