Alpha

A placename.

Proper noun

  1. A placename.

    1. A ghost town in California, United States (USA).

    2. A village in Illinois, United States.

    3. A village in Michigan, United States.

    4. A city and village in Minnesota, United States.

    5. A borough of New Jersey, United States.

    6. A town in Queensland, Australia.

  2. Former name of the International Space Station.
  3. A RISC CPU instruction set architecture developed and marketed by Digital Equipment Corporation (then later by Compaq and then Hewlett-Packard) from 1992 until 2004.

Noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of alpha.
  2. A member of Generation Alpha.
    • They are being partially replaced by a new generation – the Alphas, which cover children aged nine or under and account for 12 per cent of all Australians. - 2022 June 28, Shane Wright, Carla Jaeger, “Gen Xers squeezed...
    • And if, as Twenge argues, the proliferation of internet-enabled devices is the defining factor in Gen Z’s profile — and the main root of its problems — the Alphas, or Polars, remain an open question. - 2023 April 20,...

    Synonyms: Gen Alpha Generation Alpha

Forms

Alphas