Usually means: To occur in turns repeatedly.
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  1. altern: Merriam-Webster
  2. altern: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Altern, altern: Wordnik
  4. altern: Wiktionary
  5. altern: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Altern, altern: Dictionary.com
  7. Altern: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. altern: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Altern, altern: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. altern: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. altern: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Altern: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. altern(e): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. altern: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (altern)

▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Acting by turns; alternate.

Similar:
alternative, alternational, alternate, coalternative, Alt., alternatative, alternant, off-and-on, stop-go, alterant, more...

Opposite:
consecutive, continuous, uninterrupted

Types:
AC, DC, more...

Phrases:
altern base, more...

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Similar:
alternative, alternational, alternate, coalternative, Alt., alternatative, alternant, off-and-on, stop-go, alterant, more...

Opposite:
consecutive, continuous, uninterrupted

Types:
AC, DC, more...

Phrases:
altern base, more...



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