simple past tense and past participle of alternize

To alternate or take turns.

Relating to alternation.

(physics) An electric current in which the direction of flow of the electrons reverses periodically.

(mathematics) Any function in which the interchange of two independent variables changes the sign of the dependent variable.

(topology) A knot that has a knot diagram in which, in traveling along the knot, one passes through intersections alternatingly: over, under, over, under, etc.

plural of alternating current

plural of alternating function

(group theory) a group of even permutations of a finite set

plural of alternating knot