Meaning & use
Alternation
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The action or process of taking turns or occurring by turns between two or more things.
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The play depends on the alternation of comic and tragic scenes to keep the audience engaged.
Farmers rely on alternation of crops each season to preserve soil nutrients.
A note on using this word
In electronics, 'alternating current' takes its name from this same root, describing current that regularly reverses direction.
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