alias
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ˈeɪ.li.əs/
alias (not comparable)
- Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called.
- (legal) 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
- Smith, alias Simpson.
alias (plural aliases)
- Another name; an assumed name.
- (legal) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
- (computing) An abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks.
- (signal processing) An spurious signal generated as a technological artifact.
- (another name) pseudonym
- French: pseudonyme
- German: Pseudonym, Deckname
- Portuguese: pseudónimo (Portugal), pseudônimo (Brazil), cognome
- Russian: псевдони́м
- Spanish: alias, seudónimo, sobrenombre, apodo
alias (aliases, present participle aliasing; past and past participle aliased)
- (computing) To assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one.
- (signal processing, of two signals) to become indistinguishable
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