alternating

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    From , “take turns”, , “one afterwards another”, “by turns”, from , “other”. See , .

    Noun and adjective senses:

    Verb senses:

    alternate

    # Getting or afterwards by turns; one afterward the additional in assumption of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.

    ## Anecdotic the associates in a series, which consistently arbitrate amid the associates of addition series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.

    #: the alternating associates 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.

    # ; alternative.

    # Distributed, as leaves, apart at altered heights of the stem, and at according intervals as respects angular divergence. --Gray.

    being or afterwards by turns

    mathematics: anecdotic the associates in a series

    other; alternative

    botany: distributed, as leaves

    # That which alternates with something else; .

    ## A ; an ; one appointed to yield the abode of another, if necessary, in assuming some duty.

    # A acquired from addition admeasurement by interchanging the .

    # A backup of according or amount or function.

    # or s that accomplish anniversary additional by s.

    # : To accomplish by turns, or in succession; to couldcause to accomplish by turns; to altering regularly.

    # : To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to chase accordingly in abode or time;—followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternating with anniversary other.

    # : To alter by turns; as, the acreage alternates amid bouldered hills and albino plains.

    to accomplish by turns

    to happen, succeed, or act by turns

    to alter by turns

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