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Meaning

Adj

●
Happening
; one
the other in
of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
●
In Heraldry:
  • Happening
    ; one
    the other in
    of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
  • Alternating; (of e.g. a
    of
    which a
    is
    )
    in
    , or (relative to the
    ) counterchanged.
    • ●
    In Mathematics:
    Designating the members in a
    , which
    between the members of another
    , as the
    or
    of the
    ;
    ; every second.
    ●
    In American English:
    Other; alternative.
    ●
    In Botany:
    Distributed
    at different
    of the
    , and at
    divergence

    Noun

    ●
    That which
    with
    ; vicissitude.
    ●
    In American English:
    A
    ; an
    ; one
    to
    another, if
    , in
    some duty.
    ●
    In Mathematics:
    A
    from another
    by
    the means.
    ●
    In American English:
    A
    of
    or
    value or function.

    Verb

    ●
    To
    , or in
    ; to cause to
    ; to
    regularly.
    ●
    To
    ,
    , or
    ; to
    or time;
    with.
    ●
    To
    by turns.
    ●
    In Geometry:
    To
    an
    (removal of
    ) on (a
    or
    ); to
    (from a
    or
    ) as part of an
    .
    Sourced from
    Wiktionary

    Origin

    alternate
    English
    arrow
    alterno
    Latin
    arrow
    alternus
    Latin
    arrow
    alter
    Latin
    Sourced from
    Etym

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