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alternation

/ˈɒl.tə(ɹ).ˌneɪ.ʃən/ /ˈɑl.tɚ.ˌneɪ.ʃən/

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noun

Alternancia, sucesión, cambio

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"

Alternancia entre turnos de noche y de día

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noun

Alternancia

The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.

Examples :

"The alternation of student questions and the teacher's explanations kept the class engaged. "

La alternancia de preguntas de los estudiantes y las explicaciones del profesor mantuvo a la clase involucrada.

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noun

Ablaut

Examples :

"The vowel alternation in the words "sing," "sang," and "sung" is a classic example of ablaut in English. "

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noun

Alternancia, cambio

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"

Alternancia dativa; alternancia locativa

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noun

Función O, disyunción

The "inclusive or" truth function.

Examples :

"The cafeteria offers an alternation of either soup or salad with the main course; you can choose one, the other, or both. "

La cafetería ofrece una función O de sopa o ensalada con el plato principal; puedes elegir uno, el otro o ambos.

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noun

Alternancia

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

Examples :

"The team practiced the alternation of offensive and defensive drills to prepare for all scenarios in the game. "

El equipo practicó la alternancia de ejercicios ofensivos y defensivos para prepararse para todos los escenarios del juego.

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noun

Alternancia, alternativa

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

Examples :

"The regular expression used alternation to allow matching either "cat" or "dog" in the text. "

La expresión regular usó la alternancia para permitir la coincidencia de "gato" o "perro" en el texto.

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noun

Un tipo de truncamiento parcial de un polígono, poliedro o teselado en el que se eliminan vértices alternos.

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

Examples :

"The alternation of vertices on the square produced a shape that resembled a diamond. "

La alternancia de vértices en el cuadrado produjo una forma que se asemejaba a un diamante.