alternating light


nounNavigation.
  1. a beacon showing different colors in succession.

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How to use alternating light in a sentence

  • Pour into well-greased pan, alternating light and dark mixtures to give it the "marbled" appearance.

    Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners | Elizabeth O. Hiller
  • Thus constantly is alternating light and gloom in a way that nearly drives me mad.

    The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 | Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe
  • The alternating light of the candle flashed upon the body of the old woman, and he remembered all.

    Snarley-yow | Frederick Marryat