Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Alternate
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
; read every alternate line. alternate
members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. 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
.Al-ter′nate
(?; 277)
, Noun.
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.
Al′ter-nate
(?; 277)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Alternated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Alternating
.] 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.
Al′ter-nate
,Verb.
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 otherRage, 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 plainsWebster 1828 Edition
Alternate
ALTERN'ATE
,Adj.
1.
Being by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; hence reciprocal.And bid alternate passions fall and rise.
2.
In botany branches and leaves are alternate, when they rise higher on opposite sides alternately, come out singly, and follow in gradual order.Alternate alligation. [See Alligation.]
Alternate angles, in geometry, the internal angles made by a line cutting two parallels, and lying on opposite sides of the cutting line; the one below the first parallel, and the other above the second.
In heraldry, the first and fourth quarters, and the second and third, are usually of the same nature, and are called alternate quarters.
ALTERN'ATE
,Noun.