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alternant

alternant adjective: alternating from one row of a matrix to another.

Adjective

alternant (not comparable)

  1. Alternating from one row of a matrix to another.
  2. Composed of alternate layers, like certain rocks.

Noun

alternant (plural alternants)

  1. An alternative form or allomorph.
  2. A determinant which is an alternating function.

alternant meaning in Tamil and Kannada

alternant in Tamil

மாற்று வடுவம், மாறிமாறி வரும் அளவை, ஒன்றுவிட்டு ஒன்றாக வரும் எண், ஒன்றுவிட்ட, ஒன்று விட்டடுத்த, ஒற்றைமாற்றான

alternant in Kannada

ಸರದಿಕ

Forms of alternant

pluralalternants

Words formed from alternant

  • alternant matrix

Questions about alternant

What does alternant mean?
Alternant means alternating from one row of a matrix to another.
What is alternant in Tamil?
Alternant in Tamil is மாற்று வடுவம், மாறிமாறி வரும் அளவை, ஒன்றுவிட்டு ஒன்றாக வரும் எண். See Alternant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is alternant?
Alternant can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near alternant in the dictionary

  1. alternan
  2. alternance
  3. alternances
  4. alternansucrase
  5. alternansucrases
  6. alternant
  7. alternanthera
  8. alternantheras
  9. alternants
  10. alternapop
  11. alternapyrone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alternant (page history and authors); alternant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); alternant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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