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English Dictionary: alternating	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for alternating
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alternating adj (of a current) reversing direction; "alternating current" Antonym(s): direct occurring by turns; first one and then the other; "alternating feelings of love and hate" Synonym(s): alternate(a), alternating(a)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alternate \Al"ter*nate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alternated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alternating}.] [L. alternatus, p. p. of alternare. See {Altern}.] To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly. The most high God, in all things appertaining unto this life, for sundry wise ends alternates the disposition of good and evil. --Grew.