The phrase "alternative description" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a different way of describing something or providing another perspective on a subject.
Example: "In the report, we included an alternative description of the process to help clarify the steps involved."
Alternatives: "different explanation" or "substitute description".
Neither have they offered an alternative description of events.
An alternative description offered here by one finance wizard is "bucket-busting", though that might easily be the result of an overflow of vomit or worse.
An alternative description of the quantum state can be given in terms of the quantum numbers n, l, j, and mj.
He's a no-nonsense sort of a guy... ...... "Cheerful" someone suggested, tongue-in-cheek, as an alternative description of the earnest figure of the former British head coach.
An alternative description of the power transmission from the source to the receiver is presented in the case of one component of motion and one contact point.
An alternative description of this enhancement in terms of a hot electron temperature, both under ac and dc conditions, is also given.
By examining different model specifications, we test alternative descriptions of the behavior of decision makers.
The intercorrelation and factor analysis of the two questionnaires showed that the TPQ and the JEPQ are not simply alternative descriptions of the same construct of personality.
But, this time, the self-deception had been profound enough for North Korea to invite a horde of foreign journalists to witness the launch, and that group would be stubbornly resistant to alternative descriptions of the event.
So he added: "To preclude suggestions that the president's model American family has the wife at home, we recommend that this example include alternative descriptions of the wife.
Some locals have alternative descriptions for the £140m scheme, such as "Teletubby Park", the "McGuggenheim", or in the case of Private Eye, "an exercise in civic suicide and vandalism".
