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alternating light

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noun

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  1. a beacon showing different colors in succession.


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Under ultraviolet light, some scales in the caudal region show alternating light and dark bands running across the tail.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

When electrons were fired through two narrow openings, they produced a pattern of alternating light and dark bands on a detector.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 28, 2026

Individual layers are typically ten to a few tens of meters thick, marked by alternating light and dark bands of sediment.

From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016

The result is a series of alternating light and dark ridges.

From Scientific American ● May 22, 2015

Their trunks made patterns of alternating light and dark beneath the canopy of branches.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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