Synonyms of the word

alternating

• v. present participle of alternate.
• adj. that alternates.
• adj. (mathematics, of a knot) Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under"…
• adj. (mathematics, of a series) Having terms that alternate between positive and negative.

alternate

• adj. Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one…
• adj. (mathematics) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another…
• adj. (US) Other; alternative.
• adj. (botany) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects…
• n. That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
• n. (US) A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing…
• n. (mathematics) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
• n. (US) A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
• n. (heraldry) Figures or tinctures that succeed each other by turns.
• v. (transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
• v. (intransitive) To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed…
• v. (intransitive) To vary by turns.
• v. (transitive, geometry) To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation);…

cyclic

• adj. Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals.
• adj. (chemistry, of a compound) Having chains of atoms arranged in a ring.
• adj. (botany) Having parts arranged in a whorl.
• adj. (mathematics, of a group) Being generated by only one element.
• adj. (geometry, of a polygon) Able to be inscribed in a circle.

cyclical

• adj. Recurring at regular intervals.