Cyclic
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals Of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring Having parts arranged in a whorl (of a group) being generated by only one element
Alternate
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.Other or alternative.Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence. --Gray.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.A replacement of equal or greater value or function.Figures or tinctures that succeed each other by turns.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time;—followed by with.To vary by turns.
Example sentence: When Stark isn't off sulking somewhere, or whatever he's doing when he won't return my calls, I alternate between the two. That usually works well, though occasionally an idea for the wrong guy drifts through my mind.