alternating

al·ter·nate  (ôltr-nt, l-)

v. al·ter·nat·ed, al·ter·nat·ing, al·ter·nates

v.intr.

1.

a. To occur in a successive manner: day alternating with night.

b. To act or proceed by turns: The students alternated at the computer.

2. To pass back and forth from one state, action, or place to another: alternated between happiness and depression.

3. Electricity To reverse direction at regular intervals in a circuit.

v.tr.

1. To do or execute by turns.

2. To cause to alternate: alternated light and dark squares to form a pattern.

adj. (-nt)

1. Happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously: alternate seasons of the year. See Usage Note at alternative.

2. Designating or relating to every other one of a series: alternate lines.

3. Serving or used in place of another; substitute: an alternate plan.

4. Botany

a. Arranged singly at each node, as leaves or buds on different sides of a stem.

b. Arranged regularly between other parts, as stamens between petals.

n. (-nt)

1. A person acting in the place of another; a substitute.

2. An alternative.

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[Latin alternre, alternt-, from alternus, by turns, from alter, other; see al-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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alter·nate·ly adv.

alter·nate·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	alternating - (of a current) reversing direction; "alternating current" electricity - a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons direct - (of a current) flowing in one direction only; "direct current"
	2.	alternating - occurring by turns; first one and then the other; "alternating feelings of love and hate" alternate cyclical, cyclic - recurring in cycles

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alternating

adjective interchanging, changing, shifting, swinging, rotating, fluctuating, occurring by turns, oscillating, vacillating, seesawing alternating cycles of REM and non-REM sleep

Translations

alternating [ˈɒltɜːneɪtɪŋ]

A. ADJ → alterno

B. CPD alternating current N (Elec) → corriente f alterna

alternating [ɔːlˈtɜː^rnətɪŋ] adj [periods, layers, stripes] → en alternance
alternating current n → courant m alternatif

alternating

adj → wechselnd; a pattern with alternating stripes of red and white → ein Muster mit abwechselnd roten und weißen Streifen; alternating current → Wechselstrom m