Definition of alternation. Meaning of alternation. Synonyms of alternation

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Definition of alternation

alternation
Permutation Per`mu*ta"tion, n. [L. permutatio: cf. F. permutation. See Permute.] 1. The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange. The violent convulsions and permutations that have been made in property. --Burke. 2. (Math.) (a) The arrangement of any determinate number of things, as units, objects, letters, etc., in all possible orders, one after the other; -- called also alternation. Cf. Combination, n., 4. (b) Any one of such possible arrangements. 3. (Law) Barter; exchange. Permutation lock, a lock in which the parts can be transposed or shifted, so as to require different arrangements of the tumblers on different occasions of unlocking.
Alternation
Alternation Al`ter*na"tion, n. [L. alternatio: cf. F. alternation.] 1. 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. (Math.) Permutation. 3. The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister. --Mason. Alternation of generation. See under Generation.

Meaning of alternation from wikipedia

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- multicellular stage are referred to as haplontic. Alternation of generations is defined as the alternation of multicellular diploid and haploid forms in the...
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- In linguistics, diathesis alternation or verb alternation occurs when the same verb can be used in different subcategorization frames or with different...
- Alternating current (AC) is an electric current which periodically reverses direction and changes its magnitude continuously with time, in contrast to...
- see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. In linguistics, an alternation is the phenomenon of a morpheme exhibiting variation in its phonological...
- Alternate picking is a guitar playing technique that employs alternating downward and upward strokes in a continuous fashion. If the technique is performed...
- Spontaneous Alternation Behavior (SAB) describes the tendency to alternate in their pursuit of different stimuli in consecutive trials despite a lack of...
- factorials multiplied by −1 if n is odd, resulting in an alternation of signs of the summands (or alternation of addition and subtraction operators, if preferred)...