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- alternate reality gameAn interactive networked narrative that uses the real world as a platform and employs various media to deliver a story that may be altered by players' ideas or actions.
- alternate timelineAlternative form of alternative timeline: A setting or a series of events that differ from the original fictional universe of a work; or from what happened in the real world.
- alternate energyAlternative spelling of alternative energy: Energy derived from any source other than fossil fuels.
- alternate historySynonym of alternative history: Counterfactual history, a form of scientific speculation used by historians.
- alternate universeAlternative form of alternative universe: A hypothetical world situated in a different dimension of space and time than the real world consisting of the universe known and experienced by human beings.
- alternate anglesthe internal angles made by two (parallel) lines with a third, on opposite sides of it.
- alternate generationEach of the two forms of an organism whose life cycle involves alternation of generations, or the fact of such alternation occurring in a given organism.
- alternate historiesplural of alternate history: Counterfactual history, a form of scientific speculation used by historians.
- alternate reality gamesplural of alternate reality game: An interactive networked narrative that uses the real world as a platform and employs various media to deliver a story that may be altered by players' ideas or actions.
- alternate historianSomeone who writes, is interested in, etc., alternate history.
- alternate jurorA backup juror, who listens to proceedings but does not participate in deliberations unless another juror is unable to do so.
- alternate universesplural of alternate universe: A hypothetical world situated in a different dimension of space and time than the real world consisting of the universe known and experienced by human beings.
- alternate plumageThe plumage that some birds adopt for courtship and breeding
- alternate ring hitchingA type of hitch also known as the ringbolt hitching.
- alternate aerodromeAn aerodrome to which a flight may proceed if landing at the intended destination becomes impossible or inadvisable.
- alternate actionA feature of certain computer keyboards where a pressed key remains depressed and actuated until it is pressed again.
- alternate generationsplural of alternate generation: Each of the two forms of an organism whose life cycle involves alternation of generations, or the fact of such alternation occurring in a given organism.
- alternate historiansplural of alternate historian: Someone who writes, is interested in, etc., alternate history.
- alternate timelinesplural of alternate timeline: A setting or a series of events that differ from the original fictional universe of a work; or from what happened in the real world.
- alternate ring hitchingsplural of alternate ring hitching: A type of hitch also known as the ringbolt hitching.
Compound words 6
- subalternateSucceeding by turns; successive.
- nonalternateNot alternate.
- coalternatemutually alternate
- prealternateDescribing the moult that precedes the formation of a birds alternate plumage
- alternateensplural of alternateen: A teenager with an interest in alternative rock and the associated youth counterculture, particularly with visible markers such as piercings.
- alternatenessThe state or quality of being alternate.