Thesaurus / alternation
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But in Virginia it was grown without interruption or alternation, and the plantations rapidly deteriorated in fertility.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.The alternation of the seasons is thus complete, one-half of the empire enjoying summer, while one-half is in winter.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 4, PART 3VARIOUSIt is the frequent alternation of freezing and thawing that does the harm.
AMATEUR GARDENCRAFTEBEN E. REXFORDEach group is made up of an alternation of soft marls or clays and hard limestones or sandstones.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 9, SLICE 4VARIOUSThis mechanical alternation is objectively the same as that between the noun house and the verb to house.
LANGUAGEEDWARD SAPIROnly when this reassortment of forms took place was the modern symbolic value of the foot: feet alternation clearly established.
LANGUAGEEDWARD SAPIROnly later in the history of the language was the vocalic alternation made significant for number.
LANGUAGEEDWARD SAPIRThe dynamic basis of English is not quantity, but stress, the alternation of accented and unaccented syllables.
LANGUAGEEDWARD SAPIRThere can be repetition without alternation, but no alternation without repetition.
NEEDLEWORK AS ARTMARIAN ALFORDNo principle gives greater pleasure than repetition, and next to it, alternation.
NEEDLEWORK AS ARTMARIAN ALFORDWORDS RELATED TO ALTERNATION
- alternation
- anxiety
- capriciousness
- changeability
- changeableness
- disequilibrium
- disquiet
- fickleness
- fitfulness
- flightiness
- fluctuation
- fluidity
- frailty
- hesitation
- immaturity
- impermanence
- inconsistency
- inquietude
- insecurity
- instability
- irregularity
- irresolution
- mutability
- oscillation
- pliancy
- precariousness
- restlessness
- ricketiness
- shakiness
- transience
- uncertainty
- unfixedness
- unpredictability
- unreliability
- vacillation
- variability
- volatility
- vulnerability
- wavering
- weakness
- wobbliness
- alternation
- anxiety
- capriciousness
- changeability
- changeableness
- disequilibrium
- disquiet
- fickleness
- fitfulness
- flightiness
- fluctuation
- fluidity
- frailty
- hesitation
- immaturity
- impermanence
- inconsistency
- inquietude
- insecurity
- instability
- irregularity
- irresolution
- mutability
- oscillation
- pliancy
- precariousness
- restlessness
- ricketiness
- shakiness
- transience
- uncertainty
- unfixedness
- unpredictability
- unreliability
- vacillation
- variability
- volatility
- vulnerability
- wavering
- weakness
- wobbliness
- alternation
- anxiety
- capriciousness
- changeability
- changeableness
- disequilibrium
- disquiet
- fickleness
- fitfulness
- flightiness
- fluctuation
- fluidity
- frailty
- hesitation
- immaturity
- impermanence
- inconsistency
- inquietude
- insecureness
- insecurity
- irregularity
- irresolution
- mutability
- oscillation
- pliancy
- precariousness
- restlessness
- shakiness
- transience
- uncertainty
- unfixedness
- unpredictability
- unreliability
- unstableness
- unsteadiness
- vacillation
- variability
- volatility
- vulnerability
- wavering
- weakness
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