alternations
Back and forth shifts
Alternations are instances of alternating—switching back and forth between two or more things in sequence.
The word appears in technical contexts: linguistic alternations describe sound or form changes in related words, while electrical alternations refer to cycles in alternating current.
The alternations between hope and despair exhausted her.
Act of altering something
- changeTo make different
- shiftMovement or work period
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- transformationThorough change in form
mutation · deviation · divergence · differentiation · reworking · amendment · revision · adaptation
Turning on an axis
- successionFollowing in order
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
- repetitionAct of redoing
oscillation · interchange · switching · flip-flopping · back-and-forth · turn-taking · reciprocation · exchange
Patterned stress and silence
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- meterDevice that measures usage
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- pulseArterial blood throb
syncopation · regularity · periodicity · tempo · timing · measure · flow · wave
Unobstructed speech sound
- consonantIn agreement with
- ablautVowel gradation in morphology
- gradationIncremental transition between stages
- morphologicalConcerning form or shape
phonological · inflection · umlaut · stem · suffix · grammatical
modification
Act of altering something
- changeTo make different
- shiftMovement or work period
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
transformation · mutation · deviation · divergence · differentiation · reworking · amendment · revision · adaptation · substitution
rotation
Turning on an axis
- successionFollowing in order
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
repetition · oscillation · interchange · switching · flip-flopping · back-and-forth · turn-taking · reciprocation · exchange · swapping
rhythm
Patterned stress and silence
pulse · syncopation · regularity · periodicity · tempo · timing · measure · flow · wave · fluctuation
vowel
Unobstructed speech sound
- consonantIn agreement with
- ablautVowel gradation in morphology
- gradationIncremental transition between stages
morphological · phonological · inflection · umlaut · stem · suffix · grammatical
- oscillationoscillation, back and forth, back-and-forth, to and fro, ebb and flow
alternationsconstancy
Unchanging faithfulness over time
stasis · permanence · stability · steadiness · fixedness
alternationsrandomness
Lack of predictable pattern
chaos · irregularity · unpredictability · disorder · erraticness
alternationsuniformity
State of being identical
homogeneity · consistency · monotony · sameness · repetition