'alternation' definitions:
Definition of 'alternation'
From: WordNet
noun
Successive change from one thing or state to another and back again; "a trill is a rapid alternation between the two notes"
Definition of 'alternation'
From: GCIDE
- Permutation \Per`mu*ta"tion\ (p[~e]r`m[-u]"t[=a]"sn[u^]n), n. [L. permutatio: cf. F. permutation. See Permute.]
- 1. The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange. [1913 Webster]
- The violent convulsions and permutations that have been made in property. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Math.) (a) The arrangement of any determinate number of things, as units, objects, letters, etc., in all possible orders, one after the other; -- called also alternation. Cf. Combination, n., 4. (b) Any one of such possible arrangements. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) Barter; exchange. [1913 Webster]
- Permutation lock, a lock in which the parts can be transposed or shifted, so as to require different arrangements of the tumblers on different occasions of unlocking. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'alternation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- back-and-forth,
- battledore and shuttlecock,
- beat,
- chain,
- coaction,
- coming and going,
- commutation,
- complementary distribution,
- concurrence,
- consecution,
- cooperation,
- counterchange,
- cross fire,
- cyclicalness,
- ebb and flow,
- engagement,
- exchange,
- fluctuation,
- flux and reflux,
- give-and-take,
- interaction,
- interchange,
- intercommunication,
- intercourse,
- interlacing,
- intermeshing,
- intermittence,
- intermittency,
- intermutation,
- interplay,
- intertwining,
- interweaving,
- interworking,
- lex talionis,
- Lissajous figure,
- measure for measure,
- mesh,
- meshing,
- meter,
- mutual admiration,
- mutual support,
- mutual transfer,
- mutuality,
- order,
- oscillation,
- pendulation,
- pendulum motion,
- periodicalness,
- periodicity,
- permutation,
- piston motion,
- progression,
- pulsation,
- quid pro quo,
- reappearance,
- reciprocality,
- reciprocation,
- reciprocity,
- recurrence,
- regular wave motion,
- reoccurrence,
- repetition,
- retaliation,
- return,
- reversion,
- rhythm,
- rhythmic play,
- rotation,
- row,
- seasonality,
- seesaw,
- seesawing,
- sequel,
- sequence,
- series,
- shifting,
- shuffling,
- sine wave,
- something for something,
- succession,
- teeter,
- teeter-totter,
- teeter-tottering,
- teetering,
- tit for tat,
- to-and-fro,
- tottering,
- train,
- transposal,
- transposition,
- undulation,
- ups and downs,
- vacillation,
- variation,
- vicissitude,
- wavering,
- wigwag
Words containing 'alternation'
- alternate,
- alternately,
- alternating,
- alternative,
- alternatively,
- alternator,
- alternic,
- Altern base,
- Alternate generation,
- alternating current,
- alternation of generations,
- alternative birth,
- alternative birthing,
- alternative energy,
- alternative medicine,
- alternative pleading,
- pleading in the alternative,
- alternating electric current