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AlternateAlternate Al*ter"nate (?; 277), a. [L. alternatus, p. p. of
alternate, fr. alternus. See Altern, Alter.]
1. Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in
succession of time or place; by turns first one and then
the other; hence, reciprocal.
And bid alternate passions fall and rise. --Pope.
2. Designating the members in a series, which regularly
intervene between the members of another series, as the
odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every
second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.; read
every alternate line.
3. (Bot.) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights
of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular
divergence. --Gray.
Alternate alligation. See Alligation.
Alternate angles (Geom.), the internal and angles made by
two lines with a third, on opposite sides of it. It the
parallels AB, CD, are cut by the line EF, the angles AGH,
GHD, as also the angles BGH and GHC, are called alternate
angles.
Alternate generation. (Biol.) See under Generation. Alternate
Alternate Al*ter"nate (?; 277), n.
1. That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
[R.]
Grateful alternates of substantial. --Prior.
2. A substitute; one designated to take the place of another,
if necessary, in performing some duty.
3. (Math.) A proportion derived from another proportion by
interchanging the means.
AlternateAlternate Al"ter*nate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Alternated; p. pr. & vb. n. Alternating.] [L. alternatus,
p. p. of alternare. See Altern.]
To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by
turns; to interchange regularly.
The most high God, in all things appertaining unto this
life, for sundry wise ends alternates the disposition
of good and evil. --Grew. Alternate
Alternate Al"ter*nate, v. i.
1. To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow
reciprocally in place or time; -- followed by with; as,
the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.
Rage, shame, and grief alternate in his breast. --J.
Philips.
Different species alternating with each other.
--Kirwan.
2. To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky
hills and sandy plains.
Meaning of Alternates from wikipedia
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Alternating may
refer to:
Alternating algebra, an
algebra in
which odd-grade
elements square to...
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Alternate history (also
referred to as
alternative history, allohistory, althist, or
simply A.H.) is a
subgenre of
speculative fiction in
which one or...
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Alternating current (AC) is an
electric current that
periodically reverses direction and
changes its
magnitude continuously with time, in
contrast to...
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alternate universe,
alternate universes,
parallel universe,
parallel universes, or
parallel world in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Alternate reality...
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Alternate picking is a
guitar playing technique that
employs alternating downward and
upward strokes in a
continuous fashion. If the
technique is performed...
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Alternation or
AlterNation may
refer to:
Alternation (complexity), a
resource in com****tional...
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Alternate,
novel by John
Martel (novelist) The
Alternate (film) "The
Alternate" (Star Trek: Deep...
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Alternating caps, also
known as
studly caps,
sticky caps (where "caps" is
short for
capital letters), or
spongecase (in
reference to the "Mocking Spongebob"...
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phases are multicellular: the
haploid ****ual
phase – the
gametophyte –
alternates with a
diploid a****ual
phase – the sporophyte. A
mature sporophyte produces...
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which is
terrorized by shape-shifting
creatures named "
Alternates".
Alternates, led by a
false depiction of the
Archangel Gabriel, are nearly-immortal...
