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Meanings of alternating in English

Portuguese
alternado

(Of a current) reversing direction.

        alternado

        Occurring by turns; first one and then the other.

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              Examples for "direct"
              1
              That would prevent 23andme from providing health information direct to consumers' homes.
              Reuters
              2
              Go and direct traffic; let no press or public near the house.
              The Magician
              3
              You must ask me direct questions, and I'll try to answer them.
              Imajica: Complete Edition
              4
              They erase our memory of grassroots power, direct democracy and civil society.
              The Guardian
              5
              These are open, direct and an example of transparent democracy in practice.
              The Guardian
              Usage of alternating in English
              1
              We propose an alternating projected gradient method to solve the approximation problem.
              Pubmed
              2
              The alternating after-effect in the retina points to an exactly similar process.
              Response in the Living and Non-Living
              3
              The details of the alternating stories are not particularly interesting or original.
              Reuters
              4
              Is at work on new symphony, alternating with carpentry, to be opera.
              The new yorker
              5
              This system of alternating allowed each his turn in leading the train.
              History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra
              6
              The poor were allowed half-time in their tortures, respite and punishment alternating.
              The Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01
              7
              The alternating-current transformer is another gift of Faraday to the commercial world.
              Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14: The New Era / A Supplementa...
              8
              The alternating current is supposed to be more fatal than the continuous.
              Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
              9
              Scales may be practised in this way alternating three notes with two.
              Piano Mastery: Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers
              10
              The production process starts with alternating yarns of hydrophobic and hydrophilic cotton.
              Wired
              11
              The psychical researchers and psychologists have reported many cases of alternating personality.
              The Poisoned Pen
              12
              Eight months passed by in this fashion, good and evil days alternating.
              Bohemians of the Latin Quarter
              13
              Increase your deep treatments to bi-monthly, alternating between protein and conditioning treatments.
              Ebony
              14
              There are various methods of producing the alternating current for transmission purposes.
              Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898
              15
              East winds, alternating with sleet showers, seemed the order of the day.
              The Children's Pilgrimage
              16
              With straining ears, Folsom listened, hope and fear alternating in his breast.
              Warrior Gap: A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68.
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