alternating

That alternates.

Adjective

  1. That alternates.
    • alternating motion
    • alternating system
  2. Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot.
  3. Having terms that alternate between positive and negative.
  4. Whose value is zero when any two adjacent arguments are equal.

Derived

alternating caps alternating case alternatingly alternating series test alternating Turing machine nonalternating polyalternating subalternating unalternating alternating current

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of alternate