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al⋅ter⋅nant

[awl-tur-nuhnt, al- or, especially Brit., awl-tur-nuhnt, al-]
–adjective
1. alternating; alternate.
–noun
2. Linguistics. a variant form that exists in alternation with another or others.

Origin:
1630–40; < L alternant- (s. of alternāns, prp. of alternāre). See altern, -ant
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