Hypertext Webster Gateway: "alternating"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alternate \Al"ter*nate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Alternated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alternating}.] [L. alternatus,
p. p. of alternare. See {Altern}.]
To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by
turns; to interchange regularly.
The most high God, in all things appertaining unto this
life, for sundry wise ends alternates the disposition
of good and evil. --Grew.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
alternating
adj 1: (electricity) of a current that reverses direction at
regular intervals; "alternating current" [ant: {direct}]
2: occurring by turns; first one and then the other;
"alternating feelings of love and hate" [syn: {alternate(a)},
{alternating(a)}]
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