"alternation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɒl.tə(ɹ).ˌneɪ.ʃən/ [UK], /ˈɔl.tɚ.ˌneɪ.ʃən/ [US], /ˈɑl.tɚ.ˌneɪ.ʃən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alternation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: alternations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Latin alternatio; compare French alternation. Morphologically alternate + -ion Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|alternatio}} Latin alternatio, {{cog|fr|alternation}} French alternation, {{suffix|en|alternate|ion|nocat=1}} alternate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} alternation (countable and uncountable, plural alternations)
  1. 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 Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (alternate succession): чаргава́нне (čarhavánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), реду́ване (redúvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), смя́на (smjána) [feminine] (Bulgarian), alternado (Esperanto), vuorottelu (Finnish), alternance [feminine] (French), alterno (Ido), ailtéarnú [masculine] (Irish), uainíocht [feminine] (Irish), sealaíocht [feminine] (Irish), alternacja [feminine] (Polish), alternância [feminine] (Portuguese), alternação [feminine] (Portuguese), alternare [feminine] (Romanian), чередова́ние (čeredovánije) [neuter] (Russian), сме́на (sména) [feminine] (Russian), алтерна́ција [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), alternácija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), alternancia [feminine] (Spanish), rotación [feminine] (Spanish), alternasyon (Turkish), münavebe (Turkish), чергува́ння (čerhuvánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-alternation-en-noun-FMmBmq0d Disambiguation of 'alternate succession': 64 4 4 4 4 11 5 5
  2. (religion) The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Religion Translations (response): vuorottelu (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-alternation-en-noun-P3OIBKNs Topics: lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'response': 1 80 4 2 5 2 5 1
  3. (phonology) Ablaut. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Phonology
    Sense id: en-alternation-en-noun-6XhzdhcR Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
  4. (linguistics) A pattern by which more than one construct is possible, as with "Alice cooked Bob dinner" and "Alice cooked dinner for Bob". Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-alternation-en-noun-FIfUHH9O Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  5. (logic) The "inclusive or" truth function. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Logic
    Sense id: en-alternation-en-noun-Cieb~24s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 5 9 6 32 10 16 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 5 9 7 42 8 13 5 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 14 7 13 9 25 10 14 7 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
  6. (mathematics) A sequence that alternates between positive and negative values; sometimes incorrectly used to mean permutation. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-alternation-en-noun-wmUtW6ry Topics: mathematics, sciences
  7. (computing) A construct in a regular expression that can match any of several specified subexpressions. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing, Regular expressions
    Sense id: en-alternation-en-noun-5hDBoO3u Disambiguation of Regular expressions: 4 2 6 6 19 4 56 4 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  8. (geometry) A type of partial truncation of a polygon, polyhedron or tiling in which alternate vertices are removed. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-alternation-en-noun-llMrYRKk Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alternational, alternation of generations, grammatical alternation, nonalternation, Verner alternation

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "alternate succession",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "чаргава́нне"
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      "sense": "alternate succession",
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      ],
      "word": "реду́ване"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "smjána",
      "sense": "alternate succession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "смя́на"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "alternate succession",
      "word": "alternado"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "alternate succession",
      "word": "vuorottelu"
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      "code": "io",
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      "word": "alterno"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "uainíocht"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "alternate succession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "sealaíocht"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "alternate succession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alternacja"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "alternate succession",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "alternância"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "alternate succession",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "alternação"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "alternate succession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alternare"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "alternate succession",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "чередова́ние"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "alternate succession",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "алтерна́ција"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "alternate succession",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
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      "word": "alternácija"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "alternancia"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "rotación"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
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      "word": "alternasyon"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "alternate succession",
      "word": "münavebe"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čerhuvánnja",
      "sense": "alternate succession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "чергува́ння"
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      "code": "fi",
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}

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