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The conferences were therefore frequent; and the debates assumed a great variety of aspects, which long kept the civilized world in suspense King James was extremely jealous of the more prominent part taken by the French ambassadors, and of the sub-altern consideration held by his own envoys, Winwood and Spencer, in consequence of the disfavor in which he himself was held by the Dutch people.

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  1. Acting by turns; alternate. The greater [light] to have rule by day, The less by night, altern Milton, P. L., vii. 348.
  2. In crystallography, exhibiting on two parts, an upper and a lower, faces which alternate among themselves, but which, when the two parts are compared, correspond with each other.
  3. Altern base in trigonometry, a term used in distinction from the true base. Thus, in oblique triangles, the true base is the sum of the sides, in which case the difference of the sides is the altern base; or inversely, when the true base is the difference of the sides, the sum of the sides is the altern base.

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  • The conferences were therefore frequent; and the debates assumed a great variety of aspects, which long kept the civilized world in suspense King James was extremely jealous of the more prominent part taken by the French ambassadors, and of the sub-altern consideration held by his own envoys, Winwood and Spencer, in consequence of the disfavor in which he himself was held by the Dutch people. —  Holland The History of the Netherlands
  • The Sub-altern explained at great length, for this was the first time that he had held Command of the Fort, and his glory lay heavy upon him Yes,' said he, 'a man was sent in to me about a week ago from down the line--a thorough gentleman whoever he is. —  Soldiers Three
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  1. from Latin alternus, alternate, reciprocal, from alter, other: see alter.
 

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