Alias
Pronunciation
- US IPA: /ˈeɪ.li.əs/
- Rhymes: -eɪliəs
Origin
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"). See else and alien.
Full definition of alias
Adverb
alias
- Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called.
- (legal) 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
Noun
alias
(plural aliases)- Another name; an assumed name.
- (legal) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
- (online gaming) An abbreviation that replaces a string of in-game 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
Verb
- (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, 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, Liver malignancies: diagnostic and interventional radiology, 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, This technique can be used to alias the L1 and L2 bands of the GPS into the baseband