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Webster 1913 Edition
Alias
A′li-as
,adv.
[L., fr.
alius
. See Else
.] (Law)
(a)
Otherwise; otherwise called; – a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful;
as, Smith,
. alias
Simpson(b)
At another time.
A′li-as
,Noun.
pl.
Aliases
. [L., otherwise, at another time.]
(Law)
(a)
A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
(b)
Another name; an assumed name.
Webster 1828 Edition
Alias
A'LIAS
, [L.] Otherwise; as in this example, Simson alias Smith; a word used in judicial proceedings to connect the different names by which a person is called who attempts to conceal his true name and pass under a fictitious one.A'LIAS
,Noun.
Definition 2024
alias
alias
English
Adverb
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.
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
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
Related terms
Translations
another name; an assumed name
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See also
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Origin of signal processing usage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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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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”).
Adverb
alias
Noun
alias m (plural alias)
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
aliās
- accusative feminine plural of 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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “alias”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) to be inattentive: alias res or aliud agere
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(ambiguous) more of this another time: sed de hoc alias pluribus
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(ambiguous) to be inattentive: alias res or aliud agere
Spanish
Adverb
alias
Synonyms
- por otro nombre
Noun
alias m (plural alias)