• (a.) Succeeding by turns; successive. • (n.) A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. See Subaltern, 2. • (a.) Subordinate; subaltern; inferior. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/subalternate/
(from the article `logic, history of`) ...of that contradictory is true. Thus propositions of form A imply the corresponding propositions of form I, and those of form E imply those of form ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/177
Sub`al·ter'nate adjective 1. Succeeding by turns; successive. 2. Subordinate; subaltern; inferior. « All their subalternate and several kinds.» Evelyn. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/219