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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Altern \Al"tern\, a. [L. alternus, fr. alter another: cf. F. alterne.] Acting by turns; alternate. --Milton. {Altern base} (Trig.), a second side made base, in distinction from a side previously regarded as base. |