Vocabulary : Alternat to Alternatively
Alternat : A usage, among diplomats, of rotation in precedence among representatives of equal rank, sometimes determined by lot and at other times in regular order. The practice obtains in the signing of treaties and conventions between nations.Alternate : Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal. ;; Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. ; read every alternate line. ;; Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence. ;; That which alternates with something else; vicissitude. ;; A substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty. ;; A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means. ;; To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly. ;; To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; -- followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other. ;; To vary by turn
Alternated : of Alternate
Alternately : In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order. ;; By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.
Alternateness : The quality of being alternate, or of following by turns.