/ˈeɪ.li.əs/
OriginFrom Latin alias (“at another time; at another place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”). See else and alien.
- not-comparableOtherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called; also known as; formerly known as.
“Hitherto the commanding influence of Sir Robert Evelyn's character had sunk his own into insignificance—now he had no "rival near the throne," alias the bench of county magistrates.”
“When indeed a Popish monarch may fill our throne, and the successor of St. Peter shall be the spiritual head of our Church; then shall your “esoterics,” alias “Church principles,” be in the ascendant ”
- not-comparableUsed to connect the different names of a person who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful
- Another name; especially, an assumed name.
- A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
- An abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks.
- An spurious signal generated as a technological artifact.
- To assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one.
- ambitransitiveTo make or become indistinguishable.
“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 digit”
“Finally, as it is a frequency detection technique, color Doppler US has the potential to alias”
“This technique can be used to alias the L1 and L2 bands of the GPS into the baseband”
Formsaliases(plural) · aliases(present, singular, third-person) · aliasing(participle, present) · aliased(participle, past) · aliased(past)