Alpha
['ælfə]
Definition
(noun.) the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet.
(noun.) the beginning of a series or sequence; 'the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end'--Revelations.
(adj.) early testing stage of a software or hardware product; 'alpha version' .
(adj.) 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' .
Typed by Angelo--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning.
Checker: Velma
Definition
n. the first letter of the Greek alphabet: the first or beginning.
Edited by Lelia
Examples
- I should like to know who sold you the geese which you supplied to the Alpha. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The landlord of the Alpha. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The second (Greek), a cube of the same root, is described as 100 multiplied (alpha) by the rational diameter of 5 diminished by unity, i. Plato. The Republic.
- There are a few of us who frequent the Alpha Inn, near the Museum--we are to be found in the Museum itself during the day, you understand. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I tell you, all those birds that went to the Alpha were town bred. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: Philip