An alternative is one of two (or more) possible choices. The term may also refer to: Alternative society Alternative medicine, including Traditional Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture, etc. Alternative rock Christian alternative music Alternative algebra Alternative dispute resolution Alternative culture Alternative lifestyle, sometimes used non-derogatorily to describe homosexuals Alternative media Alternative Comics

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Alternation is a solitaire card game which is played using two decks of playing cards. Its tableau (or playing area) is similar to that of another solitaire game Stonewall. Forty-nine cards are set up into seven columns of seven cards each. Keep in mind that in each column, the top card, as well as the third, fifth cards from the top and the bottom card, are face up, while the second, fourth, and sixth cards from the top are face down, much like the pattern OXOXOXO. The object of the game is to release the Aces as the ...

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Alternate route can mean: Alternate route (highway), an alternate route of a highway Alternate Route (teaching), a preparation method for teaching Other related archivesAlternate Route (teaching), Alternate route (highway)

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In abstract algebra, an algebra is called alternative if (xx)y=x(xy) and y(xx)=(yx)x for all x and y in the algebra, that is, if the multiplication is alternative. Equivalently, an algebra is alternative if and only if the subalgebra generated by any two of its elements is associative. The equivalence of the two definitions is known as Artin's Theorem. For any two elements x and y in an alternative algebra another simple identity holds: (xy)x =

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An alternative weekly, alternately referred to as an alternative newsweekly or alternative newspaper, is a form of alternative media in the United States and Canada. These publications are typically independent of larger media conglomerates, though exceptions exist, and are found in most large urban centers in North America, in many smaller cities, and even in some more rural or exurban areas. Alternative weeklies represent the contemporary, earnest (though often ironic in tone), more commercial and more mainstrea ...

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The alternate hypothesis, or alternative hypothesis, together with the null hypothesis are the two rival hypothesis whose likelihoods are compared by a statistical hypothesis test. Usually the alternate hypothesis is the possibility that an observed effect is genuine and the null hypothesis is the rival possibility that it has resulted from random chance. The classical (or frequentist) approach is to calculate the probability that the observed effect (or one more extreme) will occur if the null hypothesis is true. ...

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Alternative history or alternate history develops out of historiography to identify historical points of view that have been ignored, overlooked, or unseeable. It usually denotes a history told from an alternative viewpoint, rather than from the view (actual or ascribed, obvious or inferred) of imperialists, conquerors or explorers. For example A People's History of the United States offers a view sympathetic to people indigenous to the Americas, while the term Herstory was coine ...

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An alternating factorial is the absolute value of the alternating sum of the first n factorials. This is the same as their sum, with the odd-indexed factorials multiplied by −1 if n is even, and the even-indexed factorials multiplied by −1 if n is odd, resulting in an alternation of signs of the summands (or alternation of addition and subtraction operators, if preferred). To put it algebraically, or with the recurrence relation af(n) = n! − af(n − 1) in whic ...

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Alternative medicine broadly describes methods and practices used in place of, or in addition to, conventional medical treatments. The precise scope of alternative medicine is a matter of some debate and depends to a great extent on the definition of "conventional medicine." The debate on alternative medicine is complicated further by the diversity of treatments that are categorized as "alternative." These include practices that incorporate spiritual, metaphysical, or religious underpinnings; non-European medical traditions; newly develop ...

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• Alternative medicine - Medical education
• Alternative medicine - Support for alternative medicine
• Alternative medicine - Efficacy
• Alternative medicine - Danger reduced when used as a complement to conventional medicine
• Alternative medicine - Criticism of alternative medicine
• Alternative medicine - Efficacy
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An alternative lifestyle is a lifestyle (a mode or style of conducting one's life) which in addition, carries the implication that it is not within the generally perceived cultural norm. Usually (but not always) it implies an affinity or identification within some matching subculture (examples include Gay culture and punk). Traditionally not all unusual lifestyles are held to be 'alternate', the term tends to imply newer forms of lifestyle, often based upon enlarged freedoms (especially in the sphere of social and personal relationship styles) or a decision to substitute another appr ...

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The term "alternative comics" is one of several labels applied to a range of comics that have appeared since about 1980, in the wake of the underground comix movement of the late 1960s and early 70s. Typically, these are authored independently by a single creator; they are aimed at adult readers and are often formally experimental. The works in question have variously been labelled "post-underground," "independent,", "small press," "new wave," or "art comics." Many self-published

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Alternative comedy is a style of comedy that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and 1980s which would eventually go on to become mainstream in the 1990s and up to the present day. It coincided with other comedy movements of a similar style around the world, although the British scene had many unique aspects. Alternative comedy - Definition. Alternative comedy relied not on punchline-based jokes, like traditional comedians. Instead a typical alternative comedian might rely on one, all or a se ...

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The phrase alternative society may have been in usage since the 19th century when Karl Marx and Proudhon represented two factions for alternative visions of social change. Philosophers who suggested alternative models for society included: Charles Fourier (1772-1837), Robert Owen (1771-1858), Louis Blanc (1811-1882), Louis-Auguste Blanqui (1805-1881) and Wilhelm Weitling (1808-1871). The background of alternative soc ...

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Alternative metal is a fusion of heavy metal and alternative rock, characterized by some heavy metal trappings, but usually with a pronounced experimental edge, including unconventional lyrics, odd time signatures, unusual technique, and a resistance to conventional approaches to heavy music The term is used as a very loose definition, but is usually used to describe artists playing a style of metal which is considered either a unique approach to metal music or difficult to define as strictly metal or alternative. ...

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This article is in need of attention. You can help Wikipedia by editing it into a better article. Please also consider changing this notice to be more specific. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is the formal term for "non-speech communication". In fact, the difference between augmentative and alternative communication is merely the difference between partial and total dependency on non-speech communication. Speech may be replaced or augmented by: gesture and body language;

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Alternative biochemistry collectively refers to an assortment of astrobiology theories and hypotheses in which life is based on chemical systems other than those used by currently known forms of life. Proponents of such theories sometimes use the expression carbon chauvinism to disparage the assumption that carbon molecules are necessarily the basis for all life. Up to this point, however, no non-carbon based life-form has been discovered. Alternative biochemistry - Silicon biochemistry. The most com ...

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• Alternative biochemistry - Ammonia
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Alternative fuel is any method of powering an engine that do not involve petroleum (oil). Some alternative fuels are electricity, hythane, hydrogen, natural gas, wood, and vegetable oil. The need for the development of Alternative fuel sources, has been growing because of concerns that the reserves of oil are finite and will one day run out completly. See Oil depletion. The relative difficulty in obtaining oil which is a major cause of conflict, especialy in areas like the Middle East, has caused the price of oil to slowly rise ...

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Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM is a common abbreviation in the USA) is a diverse set of medical and health care systems, practices, and products encompassing both complementary medicine and alternative medicine. It is presently not considered to be part of conventional medicine [1]. Alternative medicine is a broad term for any diagnostic method, method of treatment or therapy, and products whose theo ...

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