alias
IPA: ˈeɪɫiʌs
noun
- 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.
verb
- (computing) To assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one.
- (signal processing, of two signals, transitive, intransitive) To make or become indistinguishable.
adverb
- 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
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Examples of "alias" in Sentences
- That's the alias of the webmistress.
- Russell Nash was the alias used by the author.
- The reason is simply the connection to her alias.
- The alias he was using was not included in the letter.
- Scream is the only one of the symbiotes who later got the alias.
- The card gives the player a Cahill alias and is designed by the player.
- Then neither the alias nor the original spectrum is irreparably affected.
- He assumes the form of alias to deceive the ThunderCats on various occasions.
- The defining relation allows the alias pattern of the design to be determined.
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