Definition of "alternating" []

• Present participle of alternate. (verb)
• That alternates (adjective)
• Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot. (adjective)
• Having terms that alternate between positive and negative. (adjective)

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• "Now featured below, their poem "Apple Jack Tangles the Maidy Lac with a Red, Red Ribbon" was written in alternating voices."
• "Ultimately the story is told in alternating first - and third-person chapters, giving us a side-angle on Harry's mordant understanding of events."
• "There are several quasi-narratives unfolding in alternating vignettes in SOS."