Lexic.us

Definition of Altern

1. a. Acting by turns; alternate.

Definition of Altern

1. alternate [adj]

Medical Definition of Altern

1. Acting by turns; alternate. Altern base, a second side made base, in distinction from a side previously regarded as base. Origin: L. Alternus, fr. Alter another: cf. F. Alterne. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Altern

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbuch Der Alten Geographie by Albert Forbiger (1848)
"... schreibt) findet, indem es die altern Schriftsteller agri Patavini p. 181., j. Monselice) und nördlich von ihr Föns ..."

2. The Kemble Papers by Stephen Kemble, Sir Henry Clinton, Daniel Jones, William Howe Howe (1884)
"altern ; 52d. Regiment, i captain, 2 subalterns ; 55th. Regiment, i subaltern. Total, 4 captains, 9 subalterns. The above specified number of Officers to ..."

3. Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste edited by Johann Samuel Ersch, Johann Gottfried Gruber, Moritz Hermann Eduard Meier, Hermann Brockhaus, Georg Hassel, W. Mueller, A. G. Hoffmann, August Leskien, Ludwig Friedrich Kämtz (1854)
"... nur bei einigen altern ... alle altern Formationen ob,ne Un= ... baf< »on ben altern ju ben Jüngern bie 3«^! ber ..."

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