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noun
1.
the act or process of alternating or the state of being alternated.
2.
alternate succession; repeated rotation: the alternation of the seasons.
3.
Electricity. a single fluctuation in the absolute value of an alternating current or voltage from zero to a maximum and back to zero, being equal to one half cycle.
4.
Linguistics. variation in the form of a linguistic unit as it occurs in different environments or under different conditions, as between the -ed and -en forms of the past participle in danced and spoken or between the (t) and (d) pronunciations of the past tense suffix -ed in hopped and rubbed.
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Alternation
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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World English Dictionary
| alternation (ˌɔːltəˈneɪʃən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | successive change from one condition or action to another and back again repeatedly |
| 2. | logic another name for disjunction |
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Word Origin & History
alternation
1610s, from Fr.alternation, from L. alternationem (nom. alternatio), noun of action from alternatus, pp. of alternare (see alternate).
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Medical Dictionary
alternation al·ter·na·tion (ôl'tər-nā'shən, āl'-)
n.
Successive change from one thing or state to another and back again.
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