American English pronunciation
How to pronounce alternating
IPA transcription: ['ɔltɚ,neɪtɪŋ]
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Verb
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go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
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do something in turns
“We take turns on the night shift”
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exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
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be an understudy or alternate for a role
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reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Adjective
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(of a current) reversing direction
“alternating current”
Adjective
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occurring by turns; first one and then the other
“alternating feelings of love and hate”
Usage examples
- It is a special case of hierarchy of bounded alternating Turing machine.
- Ventrum brighter gold-colored, with violet-black crossbands or alternating spots.
- Three-phase alternating current is an efficient way of transmitting energy.
- They are alternating bands of faster and slower rotation.
- Lawesson's reagent has a four membered ring of alternating sulfur and phosphorus atoms.
- The alternating colors of the wheel symbolize that era of change.
- The shorts originally were presented on an occasional basis, alternating episodes with "Doctor N!Godatu".
- For example, let "A" be an alternating automaton.
- Three-phase alternating current is an efficient way of transmitting energy.
- Three-phase alternating current is an efficient way of transmitting energy.