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- Alternation - n. - The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear.
- Alternation - n. - Permutation.
- Alternation - n. - The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.
- Amendment - n. - In public bodies; Any alternation made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion by adding, changing, substituting, or omitting.
- Trill - n. - A shake or quaver of the voice in singing, or of the sound of an instrument, produced by the rapid alternation of two contiguous tones of the scale; as, to give a trill on the high C. See Shake.
- Alternation - n. - The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear.
- Tarnish - a. - To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color.
- Uralite - n. - Amphibole resulting from the alternation of pyroxene by paramorphism. It is not uncommon in massive eruptive rocks.
- Shake - n. - A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
- Turn - n. - Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or incidental occasion; appropriate time.
- Variable - a. - Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.
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