Definition of alternate

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Alternate (a.) 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..

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Roll :: Roll (v.) The oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side, in sea way, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching..
Interchange :: Interchange (n.) Alternate succession; alternation; a mingling.
Seesaw :: Seesaw (n.) A play among children in which they are seated upon the opposite ends of a plank which is balanced in the middle, and move alternately up and down..
Subalternation :: Subalternating (a.) Subalternate; successive.
Flexuous :: Flexuous (a.) Having alternate curvatures in opposite directions; bent in a zigzag manner.
Amoebean :: Amoebean (a.) Alternately answering.
Integration :: Integration (n.) In the theory of evolution: The process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent. It is supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in development.
Alternate :: Alternate (v. i.) 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 other..
Compone :: Compone (a.) Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines, divided into patches of alternate colors following the curve. If there are two rows it is called counter-compony..
Second :: Second (a.) To follow in the next place; to succeed; to alternate.
Alternacy :: Alternacy (n.) Alternateness; alternation.
Interchange :: Interchange (v. i.) To make an interchange; to alternate.
Toothing :: Toothing (n.) Bricks alternately projecting at the end of a wall, in order that they may be bonded into a continuation of it when the remainder is carried up..
Inequality :: Inequality (n.) Unevenness; want of levelness; the alternate rising and falling of a surface; as, the inequalities of the surface of the earth, or of a marble slab, etc..
Subangular :: Subalternation (n.) The state of being subalternate; succession of turns; subordination.
Checkerboard :: Checkerboard (n.) A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers or draughts..
Alternated :: Alternated (imp. & p. p.) of Alternat.
Checkered :: Checkered (a.) Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material.
Amoebaeum :: Amoebaeum (n.) A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.
Other :: Other (pron. & a.) Alternate; second; -- used esp. in connection with every; as, every other day, that is, each alternate day, every second day..
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