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alternate (noun)

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  • alternate — alternate, alternative 1. Both words are adjectives and nouns and come from Latin alternus meaning ‘every second’ and have had closely related meanings over several centuries of usage. Now however, there is a clear distinction which needs to be… …   Modern English usage

  • alternate - alternative — ◊ alternate Alternate actions, events, or processes keep happening regularly after each other. ...the alternate contraction and relaxation of muscles. If something happens on alternate days, it happens on one day, then does not happen on the next …   Useful english dictionary

  • alternate director — ➔ director * * * alternate director UK US noun [C] US ► MANAGEMENT someone who does the work of a company director when the director is absent: »The appointment of an alternate director is required in the event a director is unable to attend a… …   Financial and business terms

  • alternate host — noun : a host belonging to a species different from the one usually inhabited by a parasite * * * Ecol. a host, other than the usual or primary host, on which a parasitic organism can sustain itself. * * * alternate host noun (biology) One of the …   Useful english dictionary

  • alternate — ► VERB 1) occur or do in turn repeatedly. 2) change repeatedly between two contrasting conditions. ► ADJECTIVE 1) every other. 2) (of two things) each following and succeeded by the other in a regular pattern. 3) chiefly N. Amer. another term for …   English terms dictionary

  • alternate angle — noun Date: 1610 one of a pair of angles with different vertices and on opposite sides of a transversal at its intersection with two other lines: a. one of a pair of angles inside the two intersected lines called also alternate interior angle b.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • alternate universe — noun a) A hypothetical world situated in a different dimension of space and time than the real world consisting of the universe known and experienced by human beings. The first credible suggestion that alternate universes might exist came in the… …   Wiktionary

  • alternate — UK US /ˈɒltənət/ noun [C] US ► WORKPLACE a person who does another person s job when they are ill or away: »He was dismissed and replaced with an alternate …   Financial and business terms

  • alternate exterior angle — noun see alternate angle …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • alternate interior angle — noun see alternate angle …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • alternate history — noun a) contrafactual history, a form of scientific speculation used by historians b) a genre of historical romance and usually science fiction, with a story background involving ahistorical events occurring after a point of divergence from real… …   Wiktionary

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