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alternating

  • adjective

That alternates.

Other meanings

  1. Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot.

  2. Having terms that alternate between positive and negative.

Related words

  • alternating Turing machine
  • alternating caps
  • alternating case
  • alternatingly
  • nonalternating
  • polyalternating
  • subalternating
  • unalternating
  • alternating series test

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