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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : verb awl-ter-neyt, al-; adjective, noun awl-ter-nit, al- |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈɔl tərˌneɪt, ˈæl-; adjective, noun ˈɔl tər nɪt, ˈæl- |
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Définition of alternating
Origin :- 1550s, present participle adjective from alternate (v.). Alternating current is recorded from 1839.
- verb take turns, change back and forth
- The sun rose and set, alternating with the staring moon and stars.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- The circuit-breaker worked and the alternating current did the rest.
- Extract from : « Pirates of the Gorm » by Nat Schachner
- All the passengers were herded there, with Miko and Moa alternating on guard.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various
- Find out whether the current in your laboratory is direct or alternating.
- Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
- It is pleasant to hear the rush, and the calm, of tide race, alternating.
- Extract from : « From Edinburgh to India & Burmah » by William G. Burn Murdoch
- And from here we come to the exceptional cases of alternating personality.
- Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
- Time, therefore, is an element in the operation of alternating currents.
- Extract from : « Electricity for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
- They have tough, sinewy fibers, alternating with softer material.
- Extract from : « Wood-Carving » by George Jack
- Often a more agreeable method is by alternating these methods.
- Extract from : « Mexico » by Charles Reginald Enock
- The peppermints were arranged in a row, a red one and a striped one alternating.
- Extract from : « Cricket at the Seashore » by Elizabeth Westyn Timlow
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