Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Acting by turns; alternate.
- In crystallography, exhibiting on two parts, an upper and a lower, faces which alternate among themselves, but which, when the two parts are compared, correspond with each other.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Acting by turns; alternate.
- adjective (Trig.) a second side made base, in distinction from a side previously regarded as base.
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- adjective Acting by turns;
alternate .
Etymologies
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The old principle that economists as economists would not recommend the value judgments used to choose altern...
Majority Fools, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The success of one pitched battle will determine which is to be the general, which the sub-altern, for the rest of the campaign.
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Those canadian altern-a-teens with those goddamn fiddles!,
joegood Diary Entry joegood 2001
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Panzer's 'Annalen der altern Deutschen Litteratur' to 1526, which appeared at Nürnberg in two volumes between 1788 and 1805, has not yet been entirely superseded; though considerable additions have been made by
The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan
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The Sub-altern explained at great length, for this was the first time that he had held Command of the Fort, and his glory lay heavy upon him.
Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Egyptier nach altern Vorbilde Erzählungen für 1001 Nächte theils erdichtete, theils nach mündlichen Sagen, oder frühern schriftlichen Aufzeichnungen, bearbeitete, dass er aber entweder sein Werk nicht vollendete, oder dass ein Theil desselben verloren ging, so dass das Fehlende von Andern bis ins 16.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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_Annalen der altern Deutschen Literatur, & c. _, _ib.
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
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Digital. ʒiiiss.ad. aq. ℔ ss.cap. ℥ i.altern. horis donec nauseam excitaverit.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases William Withering 1770
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Because as gold prices increase, as they have recently have, investors and numismatists (coin collectors) seek out lesser expensive altern …
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We then discuss altern - materials license disallowed using much ate curriculum creation models and some of the existing materials. of the conditions that are necessary for successful collaboration between creators In the first round of the effort,
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