alias
English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.li.əs/
- Rhymes: -eɪliəs
Adverb
alias (not comparable)
- Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (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
- Smith, alias Simpson.
Synonyms
Noun
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.
Synonyms
- (another name): pseudonym
Translations
another name; an assumed name
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Verb
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
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See also
Origin of signal processing usage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- alias in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- alias in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑliɑs/, [ˈɑliɑs̠]
- Hyphenation: a‧li‧as
Declension
Inflection of alias (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | alias | aliakset | |
genitive | aliaksen | aliasten aliaksien | |
partitive | aliasta | aliaksia | |
illative | aliakseen | aliaksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | alias | aliakset | |
accusative | nom. | alias | aliakset |
gen. | aliaksen | ||
genitive | aliaksen | aliasten aliaksien | |
partitive | aliasta | aliaksia | |
inessive | aliaksessa | aliaksissa | |
elative | aliaksesta | aliaksista | |
illative | aliakseen | aliaksiin | |
adessive | aliaksella | aliaksilla | |
ablative | aliakselta | aliaksilta | |
allative | aliakselle | aliaksille | |
essive | aliaksena | aliaksina | |
translative | aliakseksi | aliaksiksi | |
instructive | — | aliaksin | |
abessive | aliaksetta | aliaksitta | |
comitative | — | aliaksineen |
French
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
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Latin
Etymology
From alius.
Adverb
aliās (not comparable)
References
- alias in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alias in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- alias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to be inattentive: alias res or aliud agere
- (ambiguous) more of this another time: sed de hoc alias pluribus
- (ambiguous) to be inattentive: alias res or aliud agere
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaljas/
Synonyms
Further reading
- “alias” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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