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alpha
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alpha
n.
first letter of the Greek letter (?, ?); beginning, commencement, outstart; (British) highest grade or mark; brightest star in a constellation; (Chemistry) one of two or more isomeric compounds; (in Computer Graphics) fourth color component (that allows control over blending colors with a background or hidden objects)
adj.
first in order of importance, marking the most powerful and dominant person or animal in a group of people or animals; describing the first version of a hardware product that is being developed and tested
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Alpha
Alpha (uppercase Α, lowercase α; Álpha) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 1. It was derived from the Phoenician letter aleph . Letters that arose from alpha include the Latin A and the Cyrillic letter А.
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alpha
Noun
1. the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
(hypernym) letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
(member-holonym) Greek alphabet
2. the beginning of a series or sequence; "the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"--Revelations
(hypernym) start
Adjective
1. first in order of importance; "the alpha male in the group of chimpanzees"; "the alpha star in a constellation is the brightest or main star"
(similar) important, of import
2. early testing stage of a software or hardware product; "alpha version"
(similar) exploratory, explorative
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Alpha (das)
n.
alpha, Greek letter; brightest star of in a constellation
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alpha
nm.
alpha, Greek letter; beginning
