"alternating function" meaning in English

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        "Any function in which the interchange of two independent variables changes the sign of the dependent variable."
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        "(mathematics) Any function in which the interchange of two independent variables changes the sign of the dependent variable."
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "mathematics",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "funcție alternantă"
        },
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          "word": "antisymmentrisk funktion"
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        "Any function in which the interchange of two independent variables changes the sign of the dependent variable."
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        "(mathematics) Any function in which the interchange of two independent variables changes the sign of the dependent variable."
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      "word": "funcție alternantă"
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