the alternation of day and night
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Alternation
/ˈɔl.tɚˌneɪ.ʃən/
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Noun(5 words)
back-and-forthbattledore and shuttlecockbeatchaincoactioncoming and goingcommutationcomplementary distributionconcurrenceconsecutioncooperationcounterchangecross firecyclicalnessebb and flowengagementexchangefluctuationflux and reflux
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Noun(5 words)
give-and-takeinteractioninterchangeintercommunicationintercourseinterlacingintermeshingintermittenceintermittencyintermutationinterplayintertwininginterweavinginterworkinglex talionislissajous figuremeasure for measuremeshmeshingmeter
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mutual admirationmutual supportmutual transfermutualityorderoscillationpendulationpendulum motionperiodicalnessperiodicity
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permutationpiston motionprogressionpulsationquid pro quoreappearancereciprocalityreciprocationreciprocityrecurrenceregular wave motionreoccurrencerepetitionretaliationreturnreversionrhythmrhythmic playrotationrow
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seasonalityseesawseesawingsequelsequenceseriesshiftingshufflingsine wavesomething for somethingsuccessionteeterteeter totterteeter-totterteeter-totteringteeteringtit for tatto-and-frototteringtraintransposaltranspositionundulationups and downsvacillationvariationvicissitudewaveringwigwag
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5 entriesalternating patternalternation of daysalternation of generationscycles of alternationdaily alternation
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7 total sentences available.
alternation of summer and winter
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alternation between night shifts and day shifts
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alternation of feelings between hope and fear
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