alias

Meanings

Adverb

Noun

  • Another name; 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.

Verb

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Origin

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

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