The phrase "alternate columns" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a pattern or method of arranging or selecting items in a way that alternates between different columns, often in tables or lists.
Example: "To create a visually appealing layout, you should alternate columns of text and images."
Alternatives: "switch columns" or "vary columns".
The cella had two interior rows of columns, alternate columns being attached by spurs to the cella walls and thus forming bays.
Recommended column: Phenomenex Luna, 5 µm, C18(2), 100A, 250 × 3.0 mm (alternate columns may be used if they provide acceptable resolution).
The trusses connected to the perimeter at alternate columns, and were on 6 feet centers.
The trusses connected to the perimeter at alternate columns and were on 6 foot 8 inch (2.03 m) centers.
An 8-bit NVidia GeForce2 MX graphics card provided virtual 9-bit gray-level resolusing using dithering of alternate columns of pixels with background luminance.
The conditions were given a 'medical' label and a (lay) label and positioned where possible in alternate columns of the survey.
This model employs two alternate column segments.
Electronics in the display then interleaved the two images in real time to achieve the required alternate column, interleaving pattern for the 2015 XLS 3D mode.
The lowest energy Σ7{4¯510}[0001] boundary exhibits a pronounced pattern of alternating columns of exclusively four- or fivefold coordinated Al atoms, with a grain boundary energy of 1.84 Jm−2.
During the past two decades, many successful JDC methods have been proposed, such as Yeredor's alternating columns and diagonal center (ACDC) algorithm [23], the joint approximate diagonalization (JAD) algorithm proposed by Cardoso and Souloumiac [24], the fast Frobenius diagonalization (FFDIAG) algorithm proposed by Ziehe et al. [25], Afsari's LUJ1D algorithm [26], and many others [27 33].
The alternating columns have rams at the top, but that's another story.
