Alternate :: Alternate (a.) Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal..

Alternate :: Alternate (a.) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. ; read every alternate line..

Alternate :: Alternate (a.) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence..

Alternate :: Alternate (n.) That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.

Alternate :: Alternate (n.) A substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty..

Alternate :: Alternate (n.) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.

Alternate :: Alternate (v. t.) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly..

Alternate :: Alternate (v. i.) To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; -- followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other..

Alternate :: Alternate (v. i.) To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains..

Alternated :: Alternated (imp. & p. p.) of Alternat.

Alternately :: Alternately (adv.) In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.

Alternately :: Alternately (adv.) By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent..

Alternateness :: Alternateness (n.) The quality of being alternate, or of following by turns..

Alternating :: Alternating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alternat.

Alternation :: Alternation (n.) 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..

Alternation :: Alternation (n.) Permutation.

Alternation :: Alternation (n.) The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.

Alternative :: Alternative (a.) Offering a choice of two things.

Alternative :: Alternative (a.) Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction..

Alternative :: Alternative (a.) Alternate; reciprocal.

Alternative :: Alternative (n.) An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen, but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left..

Alternative :: Alternative (n.) Either of two things or propositions offered to one's choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are called alternatives..

Alternative :: Alternative (n.) The course of action or the thing offered in place of another.

Alternative :: Alternative (n.) A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among.

Alternatively :: Alternatively (adv.) In the manner of alternatives, or that admits the choice of one out of two things..

Alternativeness :: Alternativeness (n.) The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice between two..

Subalternate :: Subalternant (n.) A universal proposition. See Subaltern, 2..

Subalternate :: Subalternate (a.) Succeeding by turns; successive.

Subalternate :: Subalternate (a.) Subordinate; subaltern; inferior.

Subalternating :: Subalternate (n.) A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. See Subaltern, 2..

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