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alpha

DEFINITIONS OF: alpha

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n the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet

Type of:
alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet
the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech

n the beginning of a series or sequence

“"the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"--Revelations”
Type of:
start
the beginning of anything

adj first in order of importance

“the alpha male in the group of chimpanzees”
“the alpha star in a constellation is the brightest or main star”
Synonyms
important, of import
of great significance or value

adj early testing stage of a software or hardware product

“alpha version”
Synonyms
explorative, exploratory
serving in or intended for exploration or discovery
Launch
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