English Dictionary

alternate

IPA（発音記号）

/ɒl.ˈtɜː(ɹ).nət/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞

(transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.

日本語の意味

順番に、または交互に行う / 順次、代わって実行する / 規則的に入れ替える

The director alternated the lead actors in successive performances to keep the show fresh.

ショーを新鮮に保つため、監督は連続する公演で主演俳優を交代で起用した。

意味（1）

(transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.

The most high God, in all things appertaining unto this life, for sundry wise ends alternates the disposition of good and evil.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.

The flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To vary by turns.

The land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.

意味（4）

(transitive, geometry) To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.

This case suggests that the alternation of a polyhedron should be bounded by actual vertex figures and alternated faces. The case of the cube is in agreement with this notion, since the alternated square is nothing.

alternates （ present singular third-person ）

alternating （ participle present ）

alternated （ participle past ）

alternated （ past ）