alternation
Meaning of alternation
noun
- The reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence
alternation between night shifts and day shifts
- The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.
- Ablaut.
- A pattern by which more than one construct is possible, as with "Alice cooked Bob dinner" and "Alice cooked dinner for Bob".
dative alternation; locative alternation
- The "inclusive or" truth function.
- A sequence that alternates between positive and negative values; sometimes incorrectly used to mean permutation.
- A construct in a regular expression that can match any of several specified subexpressions.
- A type of partial truncation of a polygon, polyhedron or tiling in which alternate vertices are removed.
Information about alternation
- It is a name.
- The plural form of alternation is: alternations.
- Languages in which alternation is used:
(Press the button to hear it)
Hyphenation of alternation
al-ter-na-tion
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- alternation is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
Translation of alternation
- Italian: alternazione, alternanza, apofonia
- Spanish: alternación, apofonía, ablaut
- French: alternance, apophonie
- German: Ablaut
Words that rhyme with alternation
tion, Administration, Aerosolization, Africanization, Americanization, Anglicisation, Anglicization, Anglification, Annunciation, Arabicization, Arabization, Aryanization, Asianization, Asiaticization, Babelization, Balkanization, BioNavigation, Bolshevization, Canadianization, Carnation, Catholicization, Celtization, Chileanization, Christianization, Citation, Claymation, Coblation, Confederation, Consecration, Corporation, Creation, CryoAblation, Czechization, DakoCytomation, Danization, Disneyfication, Edenization, Education, Egyptianization, Europeanization, Filipinization, Finlandization, Flamandization, Formication, Foundation, Franklinization, Frenchification, Gaelicization, Gallicization, Gallification
Are you looking more rhymes for alternation? Try our rhymes search engine.