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Meaning of alternated

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

alternated

verb

Definitions

  1. To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.

  2. To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.

    Example: The flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.

  3. To vary by turns.

    Example: The land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.

  4. To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.