Alpha

proper noun

1. 1

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

2. 2

   A placename. A village in Illinois, United States.

3. 3

   A placename. A village in Michigan, United States.

4. 4

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

5. 5

   A placename. A borough of New Jersey, United States.

6. 6

   A placename. A town in Queensland, Australia.

7. 7

   Former name of the International Space Station.

8. 8

   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. 1

   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.

   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.

2. 2

   Variant of alphaAlternative letter-case form of alpha.

Forms

plural

Alphas