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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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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

But existing optical systems, instead of producing points, project tiny spots, each of which consists of alternating light and dark concentric circles, or diffraction patterns.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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

From Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners A Book of Recipes by Hiller, Elizabeth O.