"alternating" meaning in English

See alternating in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} alternating (not comparable)
  1. That alternates. Tags: not-comparable Translations (such that it alternates): редуващ се (reduvašt se) (Bulgarian), променлив (promenliv) (Bulgarian), střídavý (note: of current) [masculine] (Czech), vaihtuva (Finnish), vaihteleva (Finnish), vuorottainen (Finnish), vuorotteleva (Finnish), vaihto- (Finnish), vuoro- (Finnish), alternatif (French), alternant (French), malartach (Irish), alternato (Italian), alternante (Italian), kīnakinaki (Maori), alternante (Portuguese), переме́нный (pereménnyj) (Russian), череду́ющийся (čeredújuščijsja) (Russian), попереме́нный (popereménnyj) [masculine] (Russian), alternante (Spanish), alterno (Spanish), alternativo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-alternating-en-adj-n0CMWUOD Disambiguation of 'such that it alternates': 63 14 18 5
  2. (mathematics, of a knot) Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-alternating-en-adj-EMO2YTq2 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  3. (mathematics, of a series) Having terms that alternate between positive and negative. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (math, series theory): знакопроменлив (znakopromenliv) (Bulgarian), vuorotteleva (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-alternating-en-adj-pGzEJyEZ Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'math, series theory': 17 26 35 22
  4. (mathematics, of a multilinear mapping with all arguments belonging to the same space) Whose value is zero when any two adjacent arguments are equal. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-alternating-en-adj-X9bZNYY2 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alternating caps, alternating case, alternatingly, alternating series test, nonalternating, polyalternating, subalternating, unalternating, alternating current Translations (math, knot theory): vuorotteleva (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'math, knot theory': 9 35 31 24

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} alternating
  1. present participle and gerund of alternate Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: alternate
    Sense id: en-alternating-en-verb-bdAL8Hgj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 18 8 14 57

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      "sense": "such that it alternates",
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