alternating

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Verb

1. present participle of alternate#English|alternate

Adjective

alternating (not comparable)

1. That alternates.
2. (mathematics, of a knot) Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot.
3. (mathematics, of a series) Having terms that alternate between positive and negative.
4. (mathematics, of a multilinear mapping with all arguments belonging to the same space) Whose value is zero when any two adjacent arguments are equal.

Translations

• French: alternatif, alternant
• Italian: alternato, alternante
• Portuguese: alternante
• Russian: переме́нный
• Spanish: alternante, alterno, alternativo

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