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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.
  • botany Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence. --Gray.
  • math Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
  • US Other or alternative.

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Noun:

  • A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
  • heraldry Figures or tinctures that succeed each other by turns.
  • math A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
  • That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
  • US A replacement of equal or greater value or function.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time;—followed by with.
  • intransitive To vary by turns.
  • transitive To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.

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