alternation
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin alternatio; compare French alternation.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
alternation (plural alternations)
- The reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear.
- The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.
- (linguistics) Ablaut.
- (logic) The "inclusive or" truth function.
- (mathematics) A sequence that alternates between positive and negative values. (Sometimes wrongly used to mean a permutation.)
Translations [edit]
alternate succession
response
ablaut — see ablaut
inclusive or
alternating sequence
