alternating

Alternating — may refer to:In mathematics: *alternating form *alternating group *alternating series *alternating knot *alternating mapIn electronics:*alternating current …   Wikipedia

alternating — (adj.) 1550s, prp. adjective from ALTERNATE (Cf. alternate) (v.). Alternating current is recorded from 1839 …   Etymology dictionary

alternating — index reciprocal, shifting Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

alternating — adjective 1. (of a current) reversing direction alternating current • Ant: ↑direct • Topics: ↑electricity 2. occurring by turns; first one and then the other alternating feelings of love and hate …   Useful english dictionary

Alternating — Alternate Al ter*nate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alternated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alternating}.] [L. alternatus, p. p. of alternare. See {Altern}.] To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

alternating — adj. Alternating is used with these nouns: ↑current, ↑layer …   Collocations dictionary

alternating — kaita statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. alternating; alternation vok. Abwechseln, n; Abwechselung, f; Abwechslung, f rus. чередование, n pranc. alternance, f; alternation, f …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

alternating — adjective a) that alternates b) Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between over and under as one travels along the knot …   Wiktionary

alternating — al·ter·nat·ing (awlґtər nāt″ing) 1. occurring in regular succession. 2. alternately direct and reversed …   Medical dictionary

alternating — al·ter·nat·ing || ɔːltÉ™neɪtɪŋ adj. rotating, one after the other; interchanging; (Electricity) of a current that changes direction at regular fixed intervals al·ter·nate || ɔːl tɜːnÉ™t v. interchange, take turns, rotate, substitute …   English contemporary dictionary

Alternating current — (green curve). The horizontal axis measures time; the vertical, current or voltage. In alternating current (AC, also ac) the movement of electric charge periodically reverses direction. In direct current (DC, also dc), the flow of electric charge …   Wikipedia