Alternate
Definition of Alternate
Al`ter´nate | a. | 1. | Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal. | | 2. | Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. ; read every alternate line. | | 3. | (Bot.) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.| Alternate generation | | (Biol.) See under Generation. |
| | n. | 1. | That which alternates with something else; vicissitude. | | 2. | A substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty. | | 3. | (Math.) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means. | | v. t. | 1. | To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly. | | v. i. | 1. | To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; - followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other. | | 2. | To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains. |
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