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1.NounThe reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence"the alternation of day and night; alternation of summer and winter; alternation between night shifts and day shifts; alternation of feelings between hope and fear"
2.NounThe response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.
3.NounAblaut.
4.NounA pattern by which more than one construct is possible, as with "Alice cooked Bob dinner" and "Alice cooked dinner for Bob"."dative alternation; locative alternation"
5.NounThe "inclusive or" truth function.
6.NounA sequence that alternates between positive and negative values.
7.NounA permutation.
8.NounA construct in a regular expression that can match any of several specified subexpressions.
9.NounA type of partial truncation of a polygon, polyhedron or tiling in which alternate vertices are removed.