Alternation
41alternation of generations — noun the alternation between generations of asexual with sexual reproduction in certain plants and animals, as in mosses and tapeworms …
42alternation of generations — noun the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal • Syn: ↑heterogenesis, ↑xenogenesis • Hypernyms: ↑organic phenomenon • Hyponyms: ↑metagenesis, ↑digenesis …
43alternation — noun Date: 15th century 1. a. the act or process of alternating or causing to alternate b. alternating occurrence ; succession 2. inclusive disjunction 3. the occurrence of different allomorphs or allophones …
44alternation — The occurrence of two things or phases in succession and recurrently; used interchangeably with alternans. cardiac a. the occurrence of any cardiac phenomenon every other beat. concordant a. a. in either the mechanical or electrical activity of… …
45alternation — Synonyms and related words: Lissajous figure, back and forth, battledore and shuttlecock, beat, chain, coaction, coming and going, commutation, complementary distribution, concurrence, consecution, cooperation, counterchange, cross fire,… …
46Alternation — Ændring, vekslen …
47alternation — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. variation, rotation, transposition, shift; see interchange 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Occurrence in successive turns: interchange, rotation. See CHANGE …
48Alternation — Al|ter|na|ti|on 〈f.; Gen.: , Pl.: en〉 Syn. Alternanz (1) 1. Wechsel zwischen zwei Möglichkeiten, Dingen usw. 2. 〈Metrik〉 Wechsel zwischen einsilbiger Hebung u. Senkung [Etym.: frz., »Abwechslung«; zu lat. alter »der andere«] …
49Alternation — Al|ter|na|ti|on die; , en <aus lat. alternatio »Abwechslung« zu alternare, vgl. ↑alternieren>: 1. Wechsel zwischen zwei Möglichkeiten, Dingen usw. 2. svw. ↑Alternanz. 3. das Auftreten von Alternanten (z. B. das Vorhandensein verschiedener… …
50alternation — al·ter·na·tion || ‚ɔËltÉ™ neɪʃn n. interchanging, taking turns, rotation, substitution …
