alpha
see also: Alpha
Pronunciation
Alpha
Proper noun
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see also: Alpha
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈælfə/, [ˈæɫ.fə]
alpha
- The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.
- Latin alpha
- (science) The name of the symbols Α and α used in science and mathematics, often interchangeable with the symbols when used as a prefix.
- I will attempt to make an alpha particle ("α-particle") with the Large Hadron Collider.
- (finance) The return of a given asset or portfolio adjusted for systematic risk.
- A person, especially a male, who is dominant, successful and attractive; (see alpha male).
- 2008, Faye Flam, The Score: How the Quest for Sex Has Shaped the Modern Man, Avery (2008), ISBN 9781436225786, unnumbered page ↗:
- Being a beta male in a species with alphas doesn't mean you have to sit out the mating game.
- 2008, The New Black Lace Book of Women's Sexual Fantasies (ed. Mitzi Szereto), Black Lace (2008), ISBN 9780352341723, page 38 ↗:
- I'm still turned on by alpha males. I think there are only a couple of other men that turn me on . . . ones that are clearly not alphas.
- 2009, Martin G. Groder & Pat Webster, Winning at Love: The Alpha Male's Guide to Relationship Success, Bascom Hill Books (2009), ISBN 9781935456049, page ix ↗:
- This book is primarily for alpha males, or “top dogs.” We'll talk more about that later; but let's just say that if you are a man and successful in the world of trade, business, or profession, most likely you are an alpha, or you have been trained to act like an alpha.
- 2008, Faye Flam, The Score: How the Quest for Sex Has Shaped the Modern Man, Avery (2008), ISBN 9781436225786, unnumbered page ↗:
- (informal, abbreviation) Alphabet.
- (software engineering) The first versions of a program, usually only available to the developer, and only tested by the developer.
- (computer graphics) The level of translucency of a color, as determined by the alpha channel.
- (statistics) The significance level of a statistical test; the alpha level.
- (fandom) In omegaverse fiction, a person of a sexually-dominant (and sometimes secondary) gender/sex that is driven by biology, magic, or other means to bond with an omega, with males of this type often having canine-like genitalia.
- 2013, Kristina Busse, "Pon Farr, Mpreg, Bonds, and the Rise of the Omegaverse", in Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World (ed. Anne Jamison), page 317 ↗:
- Sometimes the alphas and omegas are rare, sometimes they are only males, sometimes they have altered sex organs.
- 2017, Marianne Gunderson, "What is an omega? Rewriting sex and gender in omegaverse fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 11 ↗:
- Sherlock realizes that John, despite being an alpha, sees and loves Sherlock for who he is, “a brilliant, mad, nutter of a man,” instead of only wanting him for his reproductive functions, his ability to become pregnant.
- 2018, Laura Campillo Arnaiz, "When the Omega Empath Met the Alpha Doctor: An Analysis of Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics in the Hannibal Fandom", in The Darker Side of Slash Fan Fiction (ed. Ashton Spacey), page 130:
- Contrary to the typical scenario expected in a dark A/B/O story, in this story both Hannibal and Will are alphas—but Hannibal wants Will to be his omega; subservient and submissive to him only.
- 2013, Kristina Busse, "Pon Farr, Mpreg, Bonds, and the Rise of the Omegaverse", in Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World (ed. Anne Jamison), page 317 ↗:
alpha (not comparable)
- Designates the first in an order of precedence.
- I am the alpha male.
- (of person, object or action) exhibiting characteristics of the alpha male/female archetype.
- 2015, Life Is Strange, Square Enix:
- And thank you. Seriously. I'll call you later.
You better. I'm feeling pretty alpha now.
Yes, you are.
- And thank you. Seriously. I'll call you later.
- 2015, Life Is Strange, Square Enix:
- (star) Designates some bright star, usually the brightest star, of a constellation.
- When space travel becomes feasible, I plan to visit Alpha Centauri.
Alpha
Proper noun
- A placename.
- A ghost town in California, United States (USA).
- A village in Illinois, USA.
- A village in Michigan, USA.
- A city/and/village in Minnesota, USA
- A borough in New Jersey, USA.
- A town in Queensland, Australia.
- Former name of International Space Station}.
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