(mathematics) By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.
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In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.
Tired with the heat and my walk, I threw myself down on the grass in the shadow of the house, where I lay half-asleep enjoying a quiet rest, when I was startled by an unpleasant clamour, the jarring voice of a woman, who was trying by al…
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