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Meaning of ALTERNATELY

Pronunciation:  'olturnitlee

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 Definition: [adv]  in an alternating sequence or position; "They were deglycerolized by alternately centrifuging and mixing"; "he planted fir and pine trees alternately"
 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Al*ter"nate*ly\, adv.
1. In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in
   alternate order.
2. (Math.) By alternation; when, in a proportion, the
   antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and
   consequent.
 

 

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