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alternating
English
Verb
alternating
- present participle of alternate
Adjective
alternating (not comparable)
- That alternates.
- (mathematics, of a knot) Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot.
- (mathematics, of a series) Having terms that alternate between positive and negative.
- (mathematics, of a multilinear mapping with all arguments belonging to the same space) Whose value is zero when any two adjacent arguments are equal.
Translations
Derived terms
- alternating current
Further reading
- Alternating multilinear map on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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flighty
English
Etymology
From flight +? -y. Compare Dutch vluchtig (“volatile; fleeting; cursory”), German flüchtig (“volatile; fleeting; momentary; quick”), Danish flygtig (“elusive; evasive”), Swedish flyktig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fla?ti/
Adjective
flighty (comparative flightier, superlative flightiest)
- Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
- (of a bird) That flies easily or often.
- 2013, Diego Gil, Henrik Brumm, Avian Urban Ecology
- "We know that flighty birds suffer from greater risk of raptor predation, and I assume that it is useful to understand the effects of urbanization because flighty species may be more vulnerable to anthropogenic disturbance."
- 2013, Diego Gil, Henrik Brumm, Avian Urban Ecology
- (obsolete) Swift.
Translations
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