alternation
Pronunciation: /ˈɒl.tə(ɹ)ˌneɪ.ʃən/
The English word “alternation” has 9 meanings listed here.
noun
- The reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence
- The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.
- Ablaut.
- A pattern by which more than one construct is possible, as with "Alice cooked Bob dinner" and "Alice cooked dinner for Bob".
- The "inclusive or" truth function.
- A sequence that alternates between positive and negative values.
- A permutation.
- A construct in a regular expression that can match any of several specified subexpressions.
- A type of partial truncation of a polygon, polyhedron or tiling in which alternate vertices are removed.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin alternatio; compare French alternation. By surface analysis, alternate + -ion.
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