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al·ter·na·tion  (ôltr-nshn, l-)
n.
Successive change from one thing or state to another and back again.
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Noun1.alternation - successive change from one thing or state to another and back again; "a trill is a rapid alternation between the two notes"
succession, sequence - the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in sequence"


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It was a sobbing alternation of two notes, "Ulla, ulla, ulla, ulla," keeping on perpetually.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
Miss Crawford was soon to leave Mansfield, and on this circumstance the "no" and the "yes" had been very recently in alternation.
Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane View in context
With regard to Charles Hayter, she had delicacy which must be pained by any lightness of conduct in a well-meaning young woman, and a heart to sympathize in any of the sufferings it occasioned; but if Henrietta found herself mistaken in the nature of her feelings, the alternation could not be understood too soon.
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