English-Finnish translations for alternate

Definition of alternate

  • Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly
  • 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
  • Other; alternative
  • Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence
  • That which alternates with something else; vicissitude
  • A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty
  • A replacement of equal or greater value or function
  • To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly
  • To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by ''with''
  • To vary by turns
  • To perform an alternation on ; to remove vertices as part of an alternation

Examples

  • alternate picking is a guitar playing technique
  • the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.
  • Hyperlinked text is displayed in alternate color in a Web browser.
  • He lives in an alternate universe and an alternate reality.
  • Many trees have alternate leaf arrangement (e.g. birch, oak and mulberry).
  • The flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.
  • The land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.

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