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alternacy

alternacy noun: alternateness; alternation.

Noun

alternacy (countable and uncountable, plural alternacies)

  1. alternateness; alternation
    • the alternacy of gloom and vivid flashes disturbed the sight1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece

Forms of alternacy

pluralalternacies

Questions about alternacy

What does alternacy mean?
Alternacy means alternateness; alternation.
What part of speech is alternacy?
Alternacy is a noun.
What is the plural of alternacy?
The plural of alternacy is alternacies.

Words near alternacy in the dictionary

  1. altern
  2. alterna-rock
  3. alterna-teen
  4. alterna-teens
  5. alternacies
  6. alternacy
  7. alternan
  8. alternance
  9. alternances
  10. alternansucrase
  11. alternansucrases

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