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English Dictionary: Alternation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alternation n successive change from one thing or state to another and back again; "a trill is a rapid alternation between the two notes"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Permutation \Per`mu*ta"tion\, n. [L. permutatio: cf. F. permutation. See {Permute}.] 1. The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange. The violent convulsions and permutations that have been made in property. --Burke. 2. (Math.) (a) The arrangement of any determinate number of things, as units, objects, letters, etc., in all possible orders, one after the other; -- called also {alternation}. Cf. {Combination}, n., 4. (b) Any one of such possible arrangements. 3. (Law) Barter; exchange. {Permutation lock}, a lock in which the parts can be transposed or shifted, so as to require different arrangements of the tumblers on different occasions of unlocking.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alternation \Al`terna"tion\, n. [L. alternatio: cf. F. alternation.] 1. The reciprocal succession of 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. 2. (Math.) Permutation. 3. The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister. --Mason. {Alternation of generation}. See under {Generation}.