• Croatian: alternirati
• German: alternieren
• Japanese: 交替する (kōtai suru)
• Swedish: växla, följa på varandra

• Croatian: alternirati
• French: alterner
• German: alternieren
• Swedish: växla

Related terms

• alternate allegation
• alternate angles
• alternate generation

See also

• alternative
• variant

References

Heraldry 1862}}

Italian

Verb

An alternative is an object or action which can be chosen. Alternative may refer to:

a genre of music

• Alternative rock
• Alternative dance
• Alternative metal
• Alternative hip-hop
• Alternative country
• Essential Alternative

other music

• Alternative (album), an album by the Pet Shop Boys
• Alternative Records, a record label

mathematics and science

• Alternative algebra, an abstract algebra with alternative multiplication
• Alternate leaves, a classification in botanical phyllotaxis

education

• Alternative education, non-traditional education
• Alternative school, a school geared towards students whose needs cannot be met in a traditional school

culture and society

• Alternative comics, a genre of comic strips and books
• Alternative comedy, a range of styles used by comedians and writers in the 1980s
• Alternative culture, a variety of subcultures existing along the fringes of mainstream culture
• Alternative dispute resolution, processes and techniques outside the traditional mainstream of jurisprudence
• Alternative fashion, for example Goth fashion, Punk fashion, Fetish fashion.
• Alternative lifestyle, a lifestyle that it is not within the cultural norm
• Alternative media, media practices falling outside the mainstreams of corporate communication
• Alternative medicine, methods and practices which reject the scientific teachings on medicine
• Alternative society, different models for society and social change
• Alternative (Kamen Rider), a character in the Japanese TV series, Kamen Rider Ryuki

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