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ALTERNATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Successive change from one thing or state to another and back again
Example:
a trill is a rapid alternation between the two notes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("alternation" is a kind of...):
sequence; succession (the action of following in order)
Derivation:
alternate (do something in turns)
alternate (go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions)
