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ALTERNATING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Occurring by turns; first one and then the other
Example:
alternating feelings of love and hate
Synonyms:
alternate; alternating
Classified under:
Similar:
cyclic; cyclical (recurring in cycles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of a current) reversing direction
Example:
alternating current
Classified under:
Domain category:
electricity (a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons)
Antonym:
direct ((of a current) flowing in one direction only)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb alternate
Context examples:
They ran with Kipchoge, alternating positions in a surrounding formation.
(Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya runs marathon under two hours, Wikinews)
Unlike Jupiter’s GRS, the Neptune spot is not as tightly constrained by numerous alternating wind jets (seen as bands in Jupiter’s atmosphere).
(Hubble Sees Neptune's Mysterious Shrinking Storm, NASA)
Check your home’s wiring to be sure that no sockets are overloaded, for Uranus rules alternating electrical current.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
And so he wandered on, alternating between depression and elation as he stared at the shelves packed with wisdom.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The body utilizes alternating muscles that contract and relax to move fluids and solids from one cavity to another.
(Peristalsis, NCI Thesaurus)
So Edith Nelson went back to the terrible cabin with its endless alternating four-hour watches.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Many dune fields around the world have undergone alternating periods of mobilization and stabilization in response to changes in winds and rainfall.
(Sleeping sands of the Kalahari awaken after more than 10,000 years, NSF)
This phenomenon, with the field alternating in direction, has never been seen before in the halo of a galaxy.
(Giant magnetic ropes seen in Whale Galaxy's halo, National Science Foundation)
The sequence contains an alternating pattern of hydrophobic and positively charged amino acids.
(Mitochondrial Import Sequence, NCI Thesaurus)
The resulting images revealed an intricate fibre structure with alternating layers of thick and thin cell walls.
(Visualising heat flow in bamboo could help design more energy-efficient and fire-safe buildings, University of Cambridge)
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