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alternation Definition

al·ter·na·tion (ôl′tər nā′s̸hən, al′-)

noun

  1. the act of alternating; occurrence, position, etc. of things by turns
  2. Linguis. the occurrence of a variant of a morpheme or phoneme

alternation Synonyms

alternation

n.

variation, rotation, transposition, shift; see interchange 2.

alternation Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • generation: They differ from flowering plants by reproducing through the alternation of two generations.
  • director: We will of course assist you with changing company name, alternation of director or secretary and applying for deregistration of limited company.
  • party: On the eve of the 21st century, the people of Taiwan have completed a historic alternation of political parties in power.
  • day: The alternation of day and night is such an example.
  • mood: This alternation of mood has been called the hill and valley experience that the mystic has to endure.
  • light: These successive alternations of light and darkness were hailed with delight by the inhabitants of the fort.

Converse of object

  • end: Ending runway alternation would make a bad situation even worse.
  • make: Those of us who have always made the standard vowel alternation will have no such trouble.
  • have: It has an alternation of generation reproductive style, with the gametophyte being the dominant generation.
  • show: Do woodlice show alternation in their natural habitat or is it an artifact of this apparatus?
  • exhibit: They exhibit alternation of generations; the dominant phase ( the kelp plant ) is the sporophyte.

Adjective modifier

  • rapid: It was also found that rapid alternation between 0 % and 100 % opacity was an extremely successful aid to spotting differences between witnesses.
  • regular: Thus we see in history a regular alternation of ebb and flow in the tide of human progress.
  • strict: Certainly, over this period, the incumbents included graduates of both universities, apparently in strict alternation.
  • cyclic: However, smaller slacks nearer the sea may in any case be part of a cyclic alternation of building and erosion phases.
  • constant: There is no clear pattern for this constant alternation between using his own hand and someone else's.
  • rhythmic: This movement is hugely entertaining, the rhythmic alternations giving the music its propulsive drive.

Modifies a noun

color: Parameters: c1 - the XOR alternation color getFont public abstract Font getFont( ) Gets the current font.

Noun used with modifier

  • runway: Ending runway alternation would make a bad situation even worse.
  • case: Case alternation and length effects in the two cerebral hemispheres: a study of English and Hebrew.