alias

See also: aliás

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin alias (“at another time; in post-Augustan period, at another time or place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”), feminine accusative plural of alius (“other”). See else and alien.

PronunciationEdit

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.li.əs/
Rhymes: -eɪliəs

AdverbEdit

alias (not comparable)

Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called.
(law) 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; as, Smith, alias Simpson.

SynonymsEdit

Coordinate termsEdit

FKA, PKA

NounEdit

alias (plural aliases)

Another name; an assumed name.
(law) 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.

SynonymsEdit

(another name): pseudonym

Related termsEdit

nom de plume

TranslationsEdit

another name; an assumed name

Bulgarian: псевдоним (bg) m (psevdonim), прозвище (bg) n (prozvište)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 別名 (zh), 别名 (zh) (biémíng), 化名 (zh) (huàmíng)
Finnish: alias (fi)
French: pseudonyme (fr) m
German: Pseudonym (de) n, Deckname (de) m
Japanese: 偽名 (ぎめい, gimei), 異名 (いみょう, imyō), エイリアス (eiriasu), 雅号 (がごう, gagō), 別名 (ja) (べつめい, betsumei) (about references in programming)

Oriya: ଓରଫ୍
Portuguese: pseudónimo m (Portugal), pseudônimo m (Brazil), cognome m
Russian: псевдоним (ru) m (psevdoním), прозвище (ru) n (prózvišče), кличка (ru) f (klíčka), вымышленное имя n (výmyšlennoje ímja)
Spanish: alias m, seudónimo (es) m
Swedish: alias (sv), pseudonym (sv) c, öknamn (sv) n, tillnamn (sv) n

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French: ^{(please verify)} pseudonyme m
Italian: ^{(please verify)} pseudonimo m
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} pseudonim n

VerbEdit

alias (third-person singular simple present aliases, present participle aliasing, simple 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
- 1989, Ken C. Pohlmann, The compact disc: a handbook of theory and use, page 22:
  
  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.
- 1999, Carlo Bartolozzi; Riccardo Lencioni, Liver malignancies: diagnostic and interventional radiology, page 59:
  
  Finally, as it is a frequency detection technique, color Doppler US has the potential to alias
- 2005, James Bao-yen Tsui, Fundamentals of global positioning system receivers, page 106:
  
  This technique can be used to alias the L1 and L2 bands of the GPS into the baseband

External linksEdit

alias in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
alias in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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EtymologyEdit

From Latin alias (“at another time; in post-Augustan period, at another time or place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”), feminine accusative plural of alius (“other”).