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Webster 1828 Edition

Alternating

AL'TERNATING

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ppr.

Performing or following by turns.

Definition 2024

alternating

alternating

English

Verb

alternating

present participle of alternate

Adjective

alternating ‎(comparative more alternating, superlative most alternating)

that alternates
(mathematics, of a knot) Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot.
(mathematics, of a series) Having terms that alternate between positive and negative.

Translations

such that it alternates

Bulgarian: редуващ се ‎(reduvašt se), променлив (bg) ‎(promenliv)
Czech: (of current) střídavý m
Dutch: ^{(please verify)}wissel- (nl) , ^{(please verify)}afwisselend (nl)
Finnish: vaihtuva (fi), vaihteleva (fi), vuorottainen, vuorotteleva (fi), vaihto- (fi), , vuoro- (fi)
French: alternatif (fr), alternant (fr)
German: ^{(please verify)}Wechsel- (de) , ^{(please verify)}abwechselnd, ^{(please verify)}alternierend (de)

Irish: malartach
Italian: alternato (it), alternante (it)
Portuguese: alternante
Russian: переме́нный (ru) ‎(pereménnyj), череду́ющийся (ru) ‎(čeredújuščijsja), попереме́нный (ru) m ‎(popereménnyj)
Spanish: alternante, alterno (es), alternativo (es)

math, knot theory

Finnish: vuorotteleva (fi)

math, series theory

Bulgarian: знакопроменлив ‎(znakopromenliv)

Finnish: vuorotteleva (fi)

Derived terms

alternating current