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Alternate
- adjective - be an understudy or alternate for a role
- do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift"
- every second one of a series; "the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays"; "jam every other day"- the White Queen
- exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- occurring by turns; first one and then the other; "alternating feelings of love and hate"
- of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired; "stems with alternate leaves"
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- serving or used in place of another; "an alternative plan"
- someone who takes the place of another person
Alternity
- - Succession by turns; alternation.
Altimeter
- noun - an instrument that measures the height above ground; used in navigation
Altimetry
- - The art of measuring altitudes, or heights.
Altiplano
- unknown - High plateau in Peru
- Spanish for high plane, Is a plateau in the Andes
Altiscope
- - An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person to see an object in spite of intervening objects. Since the early 1900's, most commonly called periscope.
Altitudes
- noun - angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface; "the altitude gave her a headache"
- the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel)
Alto Clef
- noun - a clef that puts middle C on the third line of a staff