Number of syllables in the word 'alternating'

1. No of syllables in alternating : 4
2. Divide syllables in alternating : al-ter-nat-ing

More about the word - alternating

1. verb
2. Definition : To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
3. Definition : To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.
4. Definition : To vary by turns.
5. Definition : To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.

1. adjective
2. Definition : That alternates.
3. Definition : (of a knot) Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot.
4. Definition : (of a series) Having terms that alternate between positive and negative.
5. Definition : (of a multilinear mapping with all arguments belonging to the same space) Whose value is zero when any two adjacent arguments are equal.

Sources:

• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alternate
• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alternating