Entertainment / Tennis / Alternate: A player or a team that gains acceptance into the main draw of a tournament due to a main draw player or team withdrawing, when there are no qualies with potential lucky losers.
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Alternate Verb Synonyms: rotate, exchange, change, interchange, take turns, go or take, in turn, change off, interexchange
Alternate Adjective Synonyms: in rotation, successive, every other, every second
Alternate Noun Synonyms: variant, alternative, (second) choice, substitute, deputy, stand-in, backup, understudy, pinch-hitter, Baseball designated hitter
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Technology / Television (TV) / Alternate Delivery Systems (ADS): TV homes with unwired cable access are referred to as having Alternate Delivery Systems. The four components of ADS are. Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS): Satellite service delivered directly via hous MORE
Entertainment / Golf / Alternate Shot: Tournament format where teammates take turns playing each subsequent stroke (many variations with different names and procedures -- more on tournament formats) MORE
Entertainment / Ice Hockey / Alternate Captain: Each team has to have two alternate captains. They take over the duties of the captain when he is off the ice. MORE
Technology / Television (TV) / Phase Alternate Line (PAL): The television broadcast standard in Europe and parts of Asia: (excluding France and Eastern Europe, where SECAM is the standard). PAL signals have 25 frames per second, and so are incompatible with N MORE
Entertainment / Photography / Chlorquinol: Alternate term for chlorhydroquinone. MORE
Business / Finance / Fractional Share: A type of order that gives the broker discretion to alter the price, up or down, within a specific fractional range in order to guarantee an execution. MORE