alternating

English

Verb

alternating

1. present participle and gerund of alternate

Adjective

alternating (not comparable)

1. That alternates.
2. (mathematics, of a knot) Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot.
3. (mathematics, of a series) Having terms that alternate between positive and negative.
4. (mathematics, of a multilinear mapping with all arguments belonging to the same space) Whose value is zero when any two adjacent arguments are equal.

Derived terms

• alternating caps
• alternating case
• alternatingly
• alternating series test
• alternating Turing machine
• nonalternating
• polyalternating
• subalternating
• unalternating

Translations

such that it alternates

• Bulgarian: редуващ се (reduvašt se), променлив (bg) (promenliv)
• Czech: (of current) střídavý (cs) m
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} wissel- (nl) , ^{(please verify)} afwisselend (nl)
• Finnish: vaihtuva (fi), vaihteleva (fi), vuorottainen, vuorotteleva (fi), vaihto- (fi), vuoro- (fi)
• French: alternatif (fr), alternant (fr)
• German: ^{(please verify)} Wechsel- (de) , ^{(please verify)} abwechselnd (de), ^{(please verify)} alternierend (de)
• Irish: malartach
• Italian: alternato (it), alternante (it)
• Maori: kīnakinaki
• Portuguese: alternante
• Russian: переме́нный (ru) (pereménnyj), череду́ющийся (ru) (čeredújuščijsja), попереме́нный (ru) m (popereménnyj)
• Spanish: alternante, alterno (es), alternativo (es)
• Welsh: bob yn ail, eiledol (cy)

math, knot theory

• Finnish: vuorotteleva (fi)

math, series theory

• Bulgarian: знакопроменлив (znakopromenliv)
• Finnish: vuorotteleva (fi)

math, multilinear algebra

Derived terms

• alternating current

Further reading

• Alternating multilinear map on Wikipedia.Wikipedia