alternating

  1. Verb.  (present participle of, alternate) .
  2. Adjective.  that alternates.
  3. Adjective.  (mathematics, of a knot) Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot.
  4. Adjective.  (mathematics, of a series) Having terms that alternate between positive and negative.

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