Altern

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Acting by turns; alternate.
  • In crystallography, exhibiting on two parts, an upper and a lower, faces which alternate among themselves, but which, when the two parts are compared, correspond with each other.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Acting by turns; alternate.
  • adjective. a second side made base, in distinction from a side previously regarded as base.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Acting by turns; alternate.
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    "The old principle that economists as economists would not recommend the value judgments used to choose altern..."
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