Definition of "alternating" in Anglais

verb

1. present participle and gerund of alternate

adjective

1. That alternates.

   • alternating motion
   • alternating system

2. (mathematics, of a knot) Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot.

3. (mathematics, of a series) Having terms that alternate between positive and negative.

4. (mathematics, of a multilinear mapping with all arguments belonging to the same space) Whose value is zero when any two adjacent arguments are equal.