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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)
Alpha \Al"pha\, n. [L. alpha, Gr. 'a`lfa, from Heb. [=a]leph,
name of the first letter in the alphabet, also meaning ox.]
The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and
hence used to denote the beginning.
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In am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the
first and the last. --Rev. xxii.
13.
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Note: Formerly used also denote the chief; as, Plato was the
alpha of the wits.
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Note: In cataloguing stars, the brightest star of a
constellation in designated by Alpha ([alpha]); as,
[alpha] Lyr[ae].
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)
A \A\ (named [=a] in the English, and most commonly [aum] in
other languages).
The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets.
The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe,
as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic,
black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A,
which was borrowed from the Greek {Alpha}, of the same form;
and this was made from the first letter (?) of the
Ph[oe]nician alphabet, the equivalent of the Hebrew Aleph,
and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a
consonant letter, with a guttural breath sound that was not
an element of Greek articulation; and the Greeks took it to
represent their vowel Alpha with the [aum] sound, the
Ph[oe]nician alphabet having no vowel symbols.
[1913 Webster] This letter, in English, is used for several
different vowel sounds. See Guide to pronunciation,
[sect][sect] 43-74. The regular long a, as in fate, etc., is
a comparatively modern sound, and has taken the place of
what, till about the early part of the 17th century, was a
sound of the quality of [aum] (as in far).
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2. (Mus.) The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale
(that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which
is named after it the scale in A minor. The second string
of the violin is tuned to the A in the treble staff. -- A
sharp (A[sharp]) is the name of a musical tone
intermediate between A and B. -- A flat (A[flat]) is the
name of a tone intermediate between A and G.
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{A per se} (L. per se by itself), one pre["e]minent; a
nonesuch. [Obs.]
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O fair Creseide, the flower and A per se
Of Troy and Greece. --Chaucer.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 (moby-thesaurus)
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "alpha":
A, beginning, blast-off, breaking-in, commencement, creation,
cutting edge, dawn, dawning, edge, establishment, first,
first blush, first glance, first impression, first inning,
first lap, first move, first round, first sight, first stage,
first step, flying start, foundation, fresh start, gambit, genesis,
initial, initiative, institution, jump-off, kick-off,
le premier pas, leading edge, new departure, oncoming, onset,
opening, opening move, origin, origination, outbreak, outset,
outstart, prime, primitiveness, primitivity, running start,
send-off, setout, setting in motion, setting-up, square one, start,
start-off, starting point, take-off, warming-up
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) (gaz2k-places)
Alpha, NJ -- U.S. borough in New Jersey
Population (2000): 2482
Housing Units (2000): 1034
Land area (2000): 1.697667 sq. miles (4.396936 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.038457 sq. miles (0.099604 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.736124 sq. miles (4.496540 sq. km)
FIPS code: 01030
Located within: New Jersey (NJ), FIPS 34
Location: 40.664003 N, 75.159871 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 08865
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Alpha, NJ
Alpha
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) (gaz2k-places)
Alpha, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 726
Housing Units (2000): 318
Land area (2000): 0.321989 sq. miles (0.833947 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.321989 sq. miles (0.833947 sq. km)
FIPS code: 00971
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 41.192203 N, 90.380943 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 61413
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Alpha, IL
Alpha
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) (gaz2k-places)
Alpha, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan
Population (2000): 198
Housing Units (2000): 118
Land area (2000): 0.940174 sq. miles (2.435039 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.053292 sq. miles (0.138026 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.993466 sq. miles (2.573065 sq. km)
FIPS code: 01800
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 46.044786 N, 88.378419 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Alpha, MI
Alpha
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) (gaz2k-places)
Alpha, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 126
Housing Units (2000): 61
Land area (2000): 0.177101 sq. miles (0.458690 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.177101 sq. miles (0.458690 sq. km)
FIPS code: 01162
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 43.638242 N, 94.871621 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 56111
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Alpha, MN
Alpha
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