alias
Etymology

From Latin alias.

Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ˈeɪ.li.əs/
Adverb

alias (not comparable)

  1. Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called.
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC ↗, page 168 ↗:
      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.
  2. (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.
Synonyms Translations Noun

alias (plural aliases)

  1. Another name; an assumed name.
  2. (legal) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
  3. (computing) An abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks.
  4. (signal processing) An spurious signal generated as a technological artifact.
Synonyms Translations Translations Verb

alias (aliases, present participle aliasing; simple past and past participle aliased)

  1. (computing) To assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one.
  2. (signal processing, of two signals, ambitransitive) To make or become indistinguishable.



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