Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
L. alternatus, p. p. of alternate, fr. alternus,. See Altern Alter
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
L. alter, other.
In literature:
But they dared not openly adopt the alternative theory: the States would not have borne it.
"A History of the United States" by Cecil Chesterton
Then arises an alternative.
"Folkways" by William Graham Sumner
Put alternate slices of tomatoes and pineapple on lettuce leaves and put a large spoonful mayonnaise over each.
"The Community Cook Book" by Anonymous
I do not see,' he replies, 'how we can escape from the last alternative.
"Fragments of science, V. 1-2" by John Tyndall
Remember, sir, that I only refer to this as a last alternative.
"A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention" by Lucius Eugene Chittenden
And Big Tom was alternately cursing and ordering.
"The Rich Little Poor Boy" by Eleanor Gates
Lastly, observe the solemn alternative to growth.
"Expositions of Holy Scripture" by Alexander Maclaren
The town watched the operations with alternate scorn and interest.
"Mr. Opp" by Alice Hegan Rice
Some of the alternatives are matters of every-day thought and speech.
"The Approach to Philosophy" by Ralph Barton Perry
This method is even quicker if players march in columns of twos or fours, alternate ranks turning to alternate sides.
"Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium" by Jessie H. Bancroft
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In poetry:
Alas! I fear my native snows; —
A clime too cold, a heart too warm —
Alternate chills —alternate glows —
Too fiercely threat my flower-like form.
"Lines" by Maria Gowen Brooks
An' when yer full o' them alternate rhymes --
As all the true push poits is at times --
Jist ring the changes, as I'm doin' now;
An' find ixcuse to say: "The bloomin' cow!"
"A Guide for Poits" by C J Dennis
Not loud she wept—but hope could hear;
Sweet hope, who in his lifelong race
Made terms, to win the goal from fear,
That each alternate step should trace
A smile and tear.
"Kadisha; Or, The First Jealousy" by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
There was a time when even slavery's chain
Held in some joys to alternate with pain,
Some little light to give the night relief,
Some little smiles to take the place of grief.
"To The South" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Then spout alternate, I consent to hear,—
Let no false rime offend my critic ear;—
But say, what prizes shall the victor hold?
I guess your pockets are not lined with gold!
"A School Eclogue" by Anna Laetitia Aikin Barbauld
Some thought him so poor, so hopelessly mangled,
That to assist him would do him no good;
And each with the other alternately wrangled,
What was best for him—removal or food.
"The Captive" by Benjamin Cutler Clark
In news:
Forget clean French braids and wear these textured alternatives instead.
Nuclear Suit Accuses Payette County of Assisting Alternate Energy Holdings' 'Hair- Brained Schemes'.
A new lawsuit against Alternate Energy Holdings - the Eagle-based company that promises to build a nuclear reactor in Payette County - has named Payette County as a co-defendant.
The Gentilly Stage is home to indie rock and alternative acts.
The calculator was based on the article The breakeven costs of alternative feedstocks for cellulosic biofuels, which was published in Aspects of Applied Biology.
An alternative subtitle could be Madonna Goes Broadway in a Major Way.
This has meant creating a slew of inventive alternatives to be used in its place.
Best known for it's haunted castle of the past, Brigantine is a quiet Jersey Shore alternative just east of the hustle and bustle of Atlantic City.
Cooked shrimp or lump crab is a fine alternative to lobster.
The continued shortage of methyl bromide and viable alternatives will negatively impact crop production in the US and lead to higher dependence on imported food sources.
There are advances in an alternative treatment for migraines that ABC7 News first told you about when it was in its earliest stages.
Jason Limon's "She is an Everlasting Resource" (left) and Kelly Vivanco's "Bag of Colors" share space at Alternative Cafe starting Friday.
I would like to suggest a taxpayer-friendly alternative.
Santorum the Conservative Alternative to Romney.
A state program offering alternatives to the traditional one-car, lone-wolf commute is an idea whose time has come – and not a minute too soon for Barbie Lee.
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In science:
In this thesis we consider the second maximal subgroups of the flnite alternating and symmetric groups, the maximal subgroups having been discussed in [LPS87]. P¶alfy [P¶al88] started things ofi by dealing with second maximal subgroups of the alternating groups of prime degree.
Second maximal subgroups of the finite alternating and symmetric groups
In the latter case, it is contained in the stabilizer of that point in the alternating group, in another 2-primitive group which is conjugate to the given one in the parent symmetric group (but not in the alternating group), and in nothing else.
Second maximal subgroups of the finite alternating and symmetric groups
This alternative approach also allows one to make explicit an alternative description of the rate function, yielding additional properties of the annealed rate function. 2.
On the annealed large deviation rate function for a multi-dimensional random walk in random environment
Time-of-flight traces comparing alternate and standard techniques. (a) Time-of-flight traces showing the arrival time of the decelerated peaks using both the standard and alternate methods of slowing.
High-energy-resolution molecular beams for cold collision studies
Conjectures. A knot diagram is m-almost alternating if it becomes to be alternating after changing some m-crossings, and a knot is said to be m-almost alternating if it has an m-almost alternating diagram but no m − 1-almost alternating diagram.
Waist and trunk of knots
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