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Alpha
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alpha alfa alpha-
Translingual
Noun
mul misspelling
mul Alfa from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
English
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Alpha.wav US
Proper noun
DEC +
A placename.
en ghost town s/California, United States (USA).
en village s/Illinois c/USA.
en village s/Michigan c/USA.
en city/and/village s/Minnesota c/USA.
en borough s/New Jersey c/USA.
en town s/Queensland c/Australia.
en the International Space Station.
en computing A RISC CPU instruction set architecture developed and marketed by Digital Equipment Corporation (then later by Compaq and then Hewlett-Packard) from 1992 until 2004.
Noun
en alpha.
A member of Generation Alpha.
en Gen Alpha Generation Alpha
en 2022-06-28 Shane Wright; Carla Jaeger Gen Xers squeezed by their parents, children w:The Sydney Morning Herald https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/gen-xers-squeezed-by-their-parents-children-and-hypercolour-t-shirts-20220628-p5ax8c.html?js-chunk-not-found-refresh=true They are being partially replaced by a new generation – the Alphas, which cover children aged nine or under and account for 12 per cent of all Australians. https://web.archive.org/web/20241208134236/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/gen-xers-squeezed-by-their-parents-children-and-hypercolour-t-shirts-20220628-p5ax8c.html?js-chunk-not-found-refresh=true 8 December 2024
en 2023-04-20 Casey Schwartz Jean Twenge is ready to make you defend your generation again w:The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/04/20/generations-jean-twenge-boomers-gen-z-millennials/ And if, as Twenge argues, the proliferation of internet-enabled devices is the defining factor in Gen Z’s profile — and the main root of its problems — the Alphas, or Polars, remain an open question. https://web.archive.org/web/20240717222032/https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/04/20/generations-jean-twenge-boomers-gen-z-millennials/ 17 July 2024
Anagrams
en aahlp alaph phaal
German
de:
Pronunciation
de [ˈalfa]
de De-Alpha.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Al pha
Noun
n,(s),s
alpha (Greek letter)
Declension
n,(s),s
Related terms
de Alphabet Alphamännchen Alphaspektrum Alphastrahl Alphastrahlung Alphateilchen Alphatier Alphazerfall alphanumerisch
Further reading
de Radioactivity Greek letter names