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alternate

adj
/ɔlʈə(r).neʈ//ɒlˈtɜː(ɹ).nət/UK/ˈɔl.tɚ.nət/US/ˈɒl.tə(ɹ)ˌneɪt/UK/ˈɔl.tɚ.neɪt/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alternātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin alternō (“to take turns”) (see -ate (1,2 and 3)), from alternus (“one after another, by turns”), from alter (“other”) + -nus. Doublet of altern; see also alter.

  1. derived from alternō
  2. borrowed from alternātus

Definitions

  1. Happening by turns

    Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).

    • And bid alternate passions fall and rise
    • One of the two boxes displaced by the new Pelaw installation will be Springwell, between Boldon Colliery and Pelaw, which has recently had the distinction of being manned by a husband and wife on alternate shifts.
    • The service is half-hourly as far as Harrogate and Knaresborough, with alternate trains going on to York.

  2. Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of…

    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.

    • the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.

  3. Other

    Other; alternative.

    • Hyperlinked text is displayed in alternate color in a Web browser.
    • He lives in an alternate universe and an alternate reality.
  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects…

      Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence

      • Many trees have alternate leaf arrangement (e.g. birch, oak and mulberry).

    2. That which alternates with something else

      That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.

      • Grateful alternates of substantial peace.

    3. A substitute

      A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.

      • Corridors beyond this point have collapsed. I'm looking for an alternate. Careful.

    4. A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.

    5. A replacement of equal or greater value or function.

    6. To perform by turns, or in succession

      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.

    7. To happen, succeed, or act by turns

      To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.

      • The flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.

    8. To vary by turns.

      • The land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.

    9. To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation)

      To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.

      • This case suggests that the alternation of a polyhedron should be bounded by actual vertex figures and alternated faces. The case of the cube is in agreement with this notion, since the alternated square is nothing.

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Derived

alternate action, alternate aerodrome, alternate allegation, alternate angles, alternate energy, alternate generation, alternate history, alternate juror, alternately, alternateness, alternate persona, alternate plumage, alternate reality game, alternate ring hitching, alternate timeline, alternate universe, alternating caps, alternating case, alternating function, alternating group, alternating hemiplegia, alternating knot, alternatingly, alternating series, alternator, coalternate, nonalternating, polyalternating, prealternate, subalternating, unalternated, unalternating

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at alternate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01alternate02regularly03constant04feeling05sensibility06responsiveness07responsive08antiphonal

A definitional loop anchored at alternate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at alternate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA