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v. Present participle of alternate.

adj. that alternates

adj. Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot.

adj. Having terms that alternate between positive and negative.

Specifically, in electricity, periodicaliy reversing or changing the direction in such a manner that the total effect in one direction is the same as in the opposite direction.

adj. (of a current) reversing direction

adj. occurring by turns; first one and then the other

"Now featured below, their poem "Apple Jack Tangles the Maidy Lac with a Red, Red Ribbon" was written in alternating voices."

cyclic    cyclical    secondary   

alternated    alternates    alternating   

reliever    stand-in    fill-in    backup man    substitute    backup    relief    con    memorize    memorise   

reciprocate    alternate proportion    alternate crystallization    alligation alternate    alternate numbers    alternate angles    alternating function    alternate quarters    alternate generation    alternative   

alternated    alternating    alternately    alternation    alternate generation    alternate angles    alternate allegation   

vicissitude    substitute    interchange    vary    rotate   

multiple    successive    previous    above    final    vertical    continuous