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alternations

/ˌɔltərˈneɪʃənz/ /ˌæltərˈneɪʃənz/

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noun

Alternancias, cambios

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, responsorio

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. "

El servicio religioso presentó hermosas alternancias, con la congregación respondiendo al sermón del ministro en un estilo de llamada y respuesta.

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. "

Las formas del pasado de algunos verbos, como "sing, sang, sung", muestran un Ablaut claro en el sonido vocálico.

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noun

Alternancias, variaciones

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

grammar language linguistics

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noun

Función OR

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. "

El profesor permitió la función OR; los estudiantes podían elegir escribir su ensayo sobre el libro o la película, o incluso sobre ambos.

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noun

Alternancias

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. "

El mercado de valores mostró alternancias impredecibles entre ganancias y pérdidas a lo largo del día.

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noun

Alternativas, opciones

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. "

La consulta de búsqueda usó alternativas para encontrar "gato" o "perro" en los documentos.

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noun

Alternancias, modificaciones

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. "

El efecto visual de los cuadrados blancos y negros alternados en un tablero de ajedrez puede verse como alternancias de baldosas de colores.