alternately

Definition of Alternately in English :

1. alternately

in an alternating sequence or position

Example Sentences:
'They were deglycerolized by alternately centrifuging and mixing'
'he planted fir and pine trees alternately'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Alternately

adverb

in an alternating sequence or position

v. al·ter·nat·ed, al·ter·nat·ing, al·ter·nates

v.intr.

1.

a. To occur in a successive manner: day alternating with night.

b. To act or proceed by turns: The students alternated at the computer.

2. To pass back and forth from one state, action, or place to another: alternated between happiness and depression.

3. Electricity To reverse direction at regular intervals in a circuit.

v.tr.

1. To do or execute by turns.

2. To cause to alternate: alternated light and dark squares to form a pattern.

adj. (-nĭt)

1. Happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously: alternate seasons of the year.

2. Designating or relating to every other one of a series: alternate lines.

3. Serving or used in place of another; substitute: an alternate plan. See Usage Note at alternative.

4. Botany

a. Arranged singly at each node, as leaves or buds on different sides of a stem.

b. Arranged regularly between other parts, as stamens between petals.

n. (-nĭt)

1. A person acting in the place of another; a substitute.

2. An alternative.