Lexic.us

Definition of Alternating

1. Adjective. (of a current) reversing direction. "Alternating current"

2. Adjective. Occurring by turns; first one and then the other. "Alternating feelings of love and hate"

Definition of Alternating

1. Verb. (present participle of alternate) ¹

2. Adjective. that alternates ¹

3. Adjective. (mathematics of a knot) Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot. ¹

4. Adjective. (mathematics of a series) Having terms that alternate between positive and negative. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Alternating

1. alternate [v] - See also: alternate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alternating

alternate(a) alternate angles alternate binaural loudness balance test alternate cover test alternate day strabismus alternate energy alternate generations alternate history alternate universe alternate universes

alternated alternately alternateness alternates alternating alternating(a) alternating current alternating currents alternating function alternating functions

alternating knot alternating light test alternating mydriasis alternating pulse alternating strabismus alternating tremor alternatingly alternation alternation of generation

Literary usage of Alternating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Convention by National Electric Light Association Convention, National Independent Meat Packers Association, University of Georgia College of Agriculture, University of Georgia Dept. of Food Science (1898)
"Ever since the installation of the first few pioneer alternating-current central stations, just ten years ago, we have heard it predicted with persistent ..."

2. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1922)
"General Field of Use of Alternating Current.—Over 90 per cent, of the electrical energy generated at the present time is generated as alternating current. ..."

3. Science Abstracts by Institution of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"If iron wires are used to t alternating currents, the resistance of the wire depends upon the frequ of the current and the permeability of the iron, ..."

4. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1916)
"By AIEE THE INFLUENCE OF FREQUENCY OF Alternating OR INFREQUENTLY REVERSED ... Alternating currents of such long periods are very common on portions of ..."

5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1904)
"Many years ago the late Dr. John Hopkinson showed that if a pair of alternating-current dynamos, A and B, mechanically separate but connected electrically ..."

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