alias
/ˈeɪ.li.əs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.46 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called; also known as; formerly known as.
adv
Used to connect the different names of a person who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful
noun
Another name; especially, an assumed name.
noun
An abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks.
noun
A spurious signal generated as a technological artifact.
verb
To assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one.
Example Sentences
- "Hitherto the commanding influence of Sir Robert Evelyn's character had sunk his own into insignificance—now he had no "rival near the throne," alias the bench of county magistrates."
- "When indeed a Popish monarch may fill our throne, and the successor of St. Peter shall be the spiritual head of our Church; then shall your “esoterics,” alias “Church principles,” be in the ascendant in our Universities, and Who shall say that we may not have a Thorp lecturer in each of our Colleges, Neale and Webb scholarships, Regii professores supplying the places of those who shall now be superannuated, all teaching, and empowered to confer degrees in the, symbolism of mystical divinity:—the professor of music, not dealing as he now must, with crotchets and quavers, but in the far higher branches of the sacramentality of sounds, with their correspondent colours, instruments, bearing, &c. &c., and so of others?"
- "Smith, alias Simpson."
- "When the signal frequency reaches half the sampling frequency, there are only two samples per cycle, which is the absolute minimum needed to record a waveform. A higher frequency would cause the digitization system to alias."
- "Finally, as it is a frequency detection technique, color Doppler US has the potential to alias"
- "This technique can be used to alias the L1 and L2 bands of the GPS into the baseband"
Etymology
From Latin alias (“at another time; at another place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”). See else and alien.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₂el- (other), alias
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈeɪ.li.əs/