Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ALTERNANT
Al *ter "nant, a. Etym: [L. alternans, p. pr. : cf. F. alternant. See Alternate, v. t.] (Geol.)
Defn: Composed of alternate layers, as some rocks.
New American Oxford Dictionary
alternant
al ter nant |ˈôltərnənt ˈɔltərnənt | ▶noun an alternative form of a word or other linguistic unit; a variant. ▶adjective alternating; changing from one to the other. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin alternant- ‘doing things by turns, ’ from the verb alternare (see alternate ).
Oxford Dictionary
alternant
alternant |ɔːlˈtəːnənt, ɒl- | ▶noun an alternative form of a word or other linguistic unit; a variant. ▶adjective changing from one to the other; alternating. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin alternant- ‘doing things by turns ’, from the verb alternare (see alternate ).
Duden Dictionary
Alternant
Al ter nant Substantiv, maskulin Sprachwissenschaft , der |Altern a nt |der Alternant; Genitiv: des Alternanten, Plural: die Alternanten zu lateinisch alternare, alternieren freie oder stellungsbedingte Variante eines Graphems , Morphems oder Phonems
Spanish Dictionary
alternante
alternante adjetivo Que alterna (cambia ).
The Wordsmith Dictionary