alternation

• Substantiv, das den regelmäßigen Wechsel oder die aufeinanderfolgende Ablösung eines Zustands, Gegenstands oder Ereignisses durch einen anderen und wieder zurück bezeichnet.

A noun referring to the successive change from one thing or state to another and back again.

1. Successive changeB2formal

   The repeated change from one thing or state to another and back again.

   Wechsel

   • The alternation of day and night is a natural cycle.
   • There was a regular alternation between hot and cold weather.
   • The alternation of speakers at the conference kept the audience engaged.

   Synonymecyclefluctuationinterchangeoscillationrotationsequencesuccession