ALTERNATION

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Meaning:

Successive change from one thing or state to another and back again

Example:

a trill is a rapid alternation between the two notes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("alternation" is a kind of...):

sequence; succession (the action of following in order)

Derivation:

alternate (do something in turns)

alternate (go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions)