Altern

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  • adj. Acting by turns; alternate.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Acting by turns; alternate.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Acting by turns; alternate.
  • In crystallography, exhibiting on two parts, an upper and a lower, faces which alternate among themselves, but which, when the two parts are compared, correspond with each other.
    • Word Usage
    "The success of one pitched battle will determine which is to be the general, which the sub-altern, for the rest of the campaign."
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