Words Like ALTERNATION

We have put together a list of words that are similar to ALTERNATION.

2 Alternative Words Similar to alternation

1 Sequence Noun      Synonym Words Like Sequence
2 Succession Noun      Synonym Words Like Succession

1 examples of alternation

1 the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear

10 definitions of alternation

1 The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence.
2 Permutation.
3 The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.
4 successive change from one thing or state to another and back again
5 Successive change from one thing or state to another and back again.
6 The act of alternating, or the state of being alternate; the reciprocal succession of things in time or place, or of states or actions; the act of following something and being in turn followed by it: as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter.
7 Passage back and forth; repeated transition; the action of going from one state, condition, or point to another, and back again, indefinitely: as, alternation between states of mind or between places; his alternations from one point to the other were very frequent.
8 In mathematics: The different changes or alterations of order in numbers. More commonly called permutation.
9 Alternate proportion (which see, under alternate, a.).
10 4. In church ritual, the saying or reading of parts of a service by minister and congregation alternately.
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