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1. (n.) alternation
the act of alternating or the state of being alternated.
2. alternation
repeated rotation:
the alternation of the seasons.
3. alternation
variation in the form of a linguistic unit as it occurs in different environments or under different conditions.
Etymology: (1605–15)
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| Definition of 'Alternation' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) alternation
successive change from one thing or state to another and back again
"a trill is a rapid alternation between the two notes"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Alternation
the reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear
2. (noun) Alternation
permutation
3. (noun) Alternation
the response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. Alternation
The change in direction of a current. The number of such changes is expressed as number of alternations; thus a current may have a frequency of 500 or 20,000 alternations per second.
[Transcriber's note: One alternation per second is now called one hertz.]
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Sense: every second (day, week etc)
My friend and I take the children to school on alternate days.; She felt alternately hot and cold.
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 Afrikaans: afwisseling |
 Arabic: تَعاقُب |
 Bulgarian: редуване |
 Brazilian: alternância |
 Czech: střídání |
 German: der Wechsel |
 Danish: skiften; vekslen |
 Greek: εναλλαγή |
 Spanish: alternancia |
 Estonian: vaheldumine |
 Farsi: تناوب |
 Finnish: vuorottelu |
 French: alternance |
 Hebrew: הִתחַלפוּת לסֵירוּגִין |
 Hindi: प्रत्यावर्तन |
 Croatian: izmjena |
 Hungarian: váltakozás |
 Indonesian: pergantian, perubahan |
 Icelandic: umskipti |
 Italian: alternanza |
 Japanese: 交替 |
 Korean: 교대 |
 Lithuanian: kaitaliojimasis |
 Latvian: maiņa; mija |
 Malay: selang |
 Dutch: afwisseling |
 Norwegian: skifting, veksling |
 Polish: kolejne następstwa |
 Persian: تناوب |
 Pashto: تناوب |
 Portuguese: alternância |
 Romanian: alternanţă |
 Russian: чередование |
 Slovak: striedanie |
 Slovenian: alternacija |
 Serbian: naizmenična promena |
 Swedish: växling |
 Thai: การผลัดเปลี่ยนกัน |
 Turkish: biribirini izleme |
 Taiwanese: 輪流，交替 |
 Ukrainian: чергування |
 Urdu: متبادل |
 Vietnamese: sự xen kẽ |
 Chinese: 轮流，交替 |
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