noun🔗ShareAlternancia, sucesión, cambioThe reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence"alternation between night shifts and day shifts"Alternancia entre turnos de noche y de díatimeprocesseventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAlternanciaThe response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister."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.religionritualcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAblautAblaut."The vowel alternation in the words "sing," "sang," and "sung" is a classic example of ablaut in English. "linguisticsgrammarphoneticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAlternancia, cambioA pattern by which more than one construct is possible, as with "Alice cooked Bob dinner" and "Alice cooked dinner for Bob"."dative alternation; locative alternation"Alternancia dativa; alternancia locativagrammarlanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFunción O, disyunciónThe "inclusive or" truth function."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.logicmathphilosophycomputingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAlternanciaA sequence that alternates between positive and negative values; sometimes incorrectly used to mean permutation."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.mathnumberstatisticsphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAlternancia, alternativaA construct in a regular expression that can match any of several specified subexpressions."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.computinglanguagetechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUn 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."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.mathfigureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
