alternating
pronunciation
How to pronounce alternating in British English:
UK ['ɔ:ltəneɪtɪŋ]
How to pronounce alternating in American English:
US ['ɔltəneɪtɪŋ]
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- Adjective:
- of a current that reverses direction at regular intervals
- occurring by turns; first one and then the other
Word Origin
- alternating (adj.)
- 1550s, present participle adjective from alternate (v.). Alternating current is recorded from 1839.
Example
- 1. It is formed of alternating layers of aluminium oxide and sodium ions .
- 2. It was alternating between recording towers behind me and towers in front of me .
- 3. From the time , the seismic active period and a period of quiet alternating cyclical phenomenon .
- 4. Until the coup , thailand seemed to be escaping its historic cycle of alternating military dictatorships and weak civilian rule .
- 5. Researchers recorded spontaneous utterances of both young and adult monkeys and tallied how often each broke the rules of alternating calls .