alternating bands

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alternating
adjective
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/ˈɒl.tə.neɪ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈɑːl.tɚ.neɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
with first one thing, then another thing, and then the first ...
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band
noun
uk
/bænd/us
/bænd/
a group of musicians who play modern ...
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As with many other historical buildings of the city, it is made of the locally found black basalt with alternating bands of white limestone.
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The porch is built in red brick with alternating bands of greenstone.
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By contrast, horses which lack a functional agouti gene can not produce such alternating bands, and thus have wholly black coats with no visible phaeomelanin.
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There are two alternating bands that play at men's and women's basketball games.
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Seasonal changes in weather can create cyclic sediments in the form of alternating bands of clay and silt (also known as varves).
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This means guard hair has alternating bands (zones) of white with black, brown or red color.
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The vesicular and massive basalts occur in alternating bands, with the vesicular bands usually being the top and base of each flow.
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The roof is tiled, with alternating bands of red and black fishscale tiles.
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The flag has the proportions 2:3; the three sides away from the mast are bordered by alternating bands of red and white.
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They are alternating bands of faster and slower rotation.
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The forewings have alternating bands of green and black.
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Side walls are arranged in alternating bands of transparent and translucent glass.
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Fruit bodies have caps that are typically 48cm in wide with alternating bands of light and dark brown rings.
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Most horses can produce both types; the brown appearance of a bay horse's coat is caused by alternating bands of eumelanin and phaeomelanin, for which the agouti gene is responsible.
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It is characterized by hairless lesions with fingerprint like puckering of the skin, especially at the temples, due to alternating bands of dermal and epidermal atrophy.
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The wingspan is 1822 mm and the species is quite colourful for the genus, with alternating bands of dark brown and buffish orange on the forewings.
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