alternant

alternant
/awl"terr neuhnt, al"-/ or, esp. Brit., /awl terr"neuhnt, al-/, adj.
1. alternating; alternate.
n.
2. Ling. a variant form that exists in alternation with another or others.
[1630-40; < L alternant- (s. of alternans, prp. of alternare). See ALTERN, -ANT]

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