English Explanatory Dictionary

alternating

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of alternate
adj
  1. That alternates.
  2. Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot.
  3. Having terms that alternate between positive and negative.
  4. Whose value is zero when any two adjacent arguments are equal.

Word forms

alternating

Derived words

alternating caps alternating case alternatingly alternating series test alternating Turing machine nonalternating polyalternating subalternating unalternating alternating current
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