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Phrases 17
- alternating currentAn electric current in which the direction of flow of the electrons reverses periodically.
- alternating series testA test for determining whether an alternating series
- alternating seriesAn infinite series in the form of ∑ₙ₌₀ ᪲(-1)ⁿa_n or ∑ₙ₌₀ ᪲(-1)ⁿ⁺¹a_n, where a_n>0 for all n.
- alternating capsA form of capitalization where capital letters are placed throughout the word(s), formerly used in the script kiddie subculture and now to convey mockery through text messages or in online discussions.
- alternating caseAlternative form of alternating caps: A form of capitalization where capital letters are placed throughout the word(s), formerly used in the script kiddie subculture and now to convey mockery through text messages or in online discussions.
- alternating groupa group of even permutations of a finite set
- alternating currentsplural of alternating current: An electric current in which the direction of flow of the electrons reverses periodically.
- alternating groupsplural of alternating group: a group of even permutations of a finite set
- alternating knotA knot that has a knot diagram in which, in traveling along the knot, one passes through intersections alternatingly: over, under, over, under, etc.
- alternating Turing machineA nondeterministic Turing machine containing a rule for accepting computations that generalizes the rules used in the definition of the complexity classes NP and co-NP.
- alternating hemiplegiaA form of hemiplegia that has an ipsilateral and contralateral presentation in different parts of the body, and is characterized by recurrent episodes of paralysis on one side of the body.
- alternating functionAny function in which the interchange of two independent variables changes the sign of the dependent variable.
- alternating functionsplural of alternating function: Any function in which the interchange of two independent variables changes the sign of the dependent variable.
- alternating knotsplural of alternating knot: A knot that has a knot diagram in which, in traveling along the knot, one passes through intersections alternatingly: over, under, over, under, etc.
- alternating series testsplural of alternating series test: A test for determining whether an alternating series
- alternating Turing machinesplural of alternating Turing machine: A nondeterministic Turing machine containing a rule for accepting computations that generalizes the rules used in the definition of the complexity classes NP and co-NP.
- alternating hemiplegiasplural of alternating hemiplegia: A form of hemiplegia that has an ipsilateral and contralateral presentation in different parts of the body, and is characterized by recurrent episodes of paralysis on one side of the body.
Compound words 5
- altermaticDescribing a certain combinatorial lower bound of a chromatic number of a graph.
- polyalternatingDescribing a copolymer in which two monomers alternate in position
- subalternatingsubalternate; successive
- nonalternatingNot alternating.
- unalternatingNot alternating.