What does alternating mean?
Definitions for alternating
al·ter·nat·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
alternatingadjective
(of a current) reversing direction
"alternating current"
alternate(a), alternating(a)adjective
occurring by turns; first one and then the other
"alternating feelings of love and hate"
Wiktionary
alternatingadjective
that alternates
alternatingadjective
Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot.
alternatingadjective
Having terms that alternate between positive and negative.
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alternating
Alternating generally refers to a process or pattern that switches between two or more things in a regular or predictable sequence. It indicates an action of changing back and forth, or swinging from one condition, form or course of action to another repeatedly. It can be applied to various contexts such as mathematics, physics, music, and many more.
Webster Dictionary
Alternating
of Alternate
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of alternating in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of alternating in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of alternating in a Sentence
Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. When we really listen to people there is an alternating current, and this recharges us so that we never get tired of each other. We are constantly being re-created.
It uses alternating electric fields with rays that are placed directly on the scalp which works to kill tumor cells in a different way than surgery obviously, and in a different way than chemotherapy or radiation.
Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan:
The inside of the building has travel lanes alternating with safe lanes, where people are able to stand and look at the cars as they come by.
[ h ] owever, we will need additional missions from SpaceX to implement our strategy of having each commercial provider flying alternating missions once per year, our goal has always been to have multiple providers for crewed transportation to the space station.
They conceived it as not just having new systems on board, but alternating the shape of the hull and how it was going to move through the water, that was truly revolutionary.
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- променлив, редуващ се, знакопроменливBulgarian
- střídavýCzech
- abwechselndGerman
- alternativo, alterno, alternanteSpanish
- متناوبPersian
- vaihto, vuoro, vuorotteleva, vaihteleva, vuorottainen, vaihtuvaFinnish
- alternatif, alternantFrench
- बारीHindi
- alternato, alternanteItalian
- чередующийся, переменный, попеременныйRussian
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