alias

Another name; especially, an assumed name.

Adverb

  1. Otherwise; 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. - 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth]...
    • 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 in our...
  2. 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
    • Smith, alias Simpson.

Origin

From Latin alias (“at another time; at another place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”). See else and alien.

Synonyms

AKA

Noun

  1. Another name; especially, an assumed name.

    Synonyms: synonym poecilonym pseudonym

  2. A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
  3. An abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks.
  4. An alternate name assigned to something, e.g. a database column to avoid ambiguity in a query.
  5. A spurious signal generated as a technological artifact.

Forms

aliases

Synonyms

pseudonym

Derived

aliasable alias summons antialias unalias

Verb

  1. To assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one.
  2. To 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 digitization system to...
    • Finally, as it is a frequency detection technique, color Doppler US has the potential to alias - 1999, Carlo Bartolozzi with Riccardo Lencioni, Liver malignancies: diagnostic and interventional radiology, page 59:
    • This technique can be used to alias the L1 and L2 bands of the GPS into the baseband - 2005, James Bao-yen Tsui, Fundamentals of global positioning system receivers, page 106:

Forms

aliases aliasing aliased