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Translation for "alternieren" :

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to alternate 		alternieren
  • verb
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word description for " alternate "
  • Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.
  • Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
  • other or alternative.
  • Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence. --Gray.
  • That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
  • A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
  • A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
  • A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
  • figure or tinctures that succeed each other by turns.
  • To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
  • To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time;—followed by with.
  • To vary by turns.
  • Feminine plural form of alternato
source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alternate
example for " alternate "
  • And bid 'alternate' passions fall and rise. -w:Alexander Alexander Pope
  • the 'alternate' members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.
  • Grateful 'alternates' of substantial. -Matthew Prior
  • The flood and ebb tides 'alternate' with each other.
  • The land 'alternates' between rocky hills and sandy plains.
source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alternate