adj
Meaning 1
That alternates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- alternating motion
- alternating system
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
alternating
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Meaning 2
Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Having terms that alternate between positive and negative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Whose value is zero when any two adjacent arguments are equal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
present participle and gerund of alternate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 6
(of a current) reversing direction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- alternating current
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: direct
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: редуващ се (reduvašt se) — such that it alternates
- Bulgarian: променлив (promenliv) — such that it alternates
- Czech: střídavý — such that it alternates
- Finnish: vaihtuva — such that it alternates
- Finnish: vaihteleva — such that it alternates
- Finnish: vuorottainen — such that it alternates
- Finnish: vuorotteleva — such that it alternates
- Finnish: vaihto- — such that it alternates
- Finnish: vuoro- — such that it alternates
- French: alternatif — such that it alternates
- French: alternant — such that it alternates
- Galician: alternante — such that it alternates
- Irish: malartach — such that it alternates
- Italian: alternato — such that it alternates
- Italian: alternante — such that it alternates
- Latin: alternāns — such that it alternates
- Māori: kīnakinaki — such that it alternates
- Portuguese: alternante — such that it alternates
- Russian: переме́нный (pereménnyj) — such that it alternates
- Russian: череду́ющийся (čeredújuščijsja) — such that it alternates
- Russian: попереме́нный (popereménnyj) — such that it alternates
- Spanish: alternante — such that it alternates
- Spanish: alterno — such that it alternates
- Spanish: alternativo — such that it alternates
- Welsh: bob yn ail — such that it alternates
- Welsh: eiledol — such that it alternates
- Finnish: vuorotteleva — math, knot theory
- Bulgarian: знакопроменлив (znakopromenliv) — math, series theory
- Finnish: vuorotteleva — math, series theory
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