Definitions for alphas

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Spelling: [al-fuh]

IPA: /ˈæl fə/

Alphas is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 87 anagrams from letters in alphas (aahlps).

Definitions for alphas

noun

1. the first letter of the Greek alphabet (A, α).
2. the vowel sound represented by this letter.
3. the first; beginning.
4. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. used to designate the brightest star in a constellation.
5. Chemistry. one of two or more isomeric compounds.
6. the first in a series of related items: frequently used in chemistry and physics.
7. Chiefly British. a mark or grade corresponding to an A. Compare beta (def 8), gamma (def 9).

adjective

1. (of an animal) having the highest rank in a dominance hierarchy: being the most dominant, powerful, or assertive person in a particular group. See also alpha male.
2. alphabetical:
3. Chemistry. pertaining or linked to the carbon atom closest to a particular group in an organic molecule.

Origin of alphas

Latin Greek álpha Semitic; cf. aleph

Examples for alphas

This is but the alpha of decency, the first step of progress.

The conspirators were split into two teams, “alpha” and “Bravo.”

alpha Team was killed, Faal told the FBI, while the Bravo members who were not gunned down fled.

I don't know where it is, but it's somewhere on Poictesme, or in the alpha System.

The radio will send back your reports on the alpha Centaurian planets.

And from the start, with top-notch production values certainly upgraded from a “YouTube video,” alpha House did.

And when that happens, one “alpha dog” will run the show, usually the oldest, most experienced performer, who “knows more tricks.”

Former RSD instructor Nathan Kole says he saw firsthand how this “alpha male” marketing can damage students.

The beginning is alpha and omega: the beginning and the end.

These are the stars which we call Capricornus and alpha Lyra.