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In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.

The quality of being alternate, or of following by turns.

A current which periodically changes or reverses its direction of flow.

ession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear.

Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.

In the manner of alternatives, or that admits the choice of one out of two things.

The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice between two.

An electric generator or dynamo for producing alternating currents.

High-sounding; lofty or pompous. Skelton.

Of or pertaining to height; as, altitudinal measurements.

Lofty in doctrine, aims, etc. [R.] Coleridge.

One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3.

A compound formed from the hydrate of aluminium by the substitution of a metal for the hydrogen.

Combined with alumina.

A female pupil; especially, a graduate of a school or college.

Obtuse-angled. [Obs.] Hutton.

A chronic contagious affection of the skin, prevalent in the tropics.

The resiniferous tree Agathis Dammara, of the Moluccas.

and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna, Borneo, etc.

The quality of being amenable; amenableness. Coleridge.