iPedia Free Information Center

Information about Alpha

Alpha may refer to:

The Greek letter alpha

Alpha (letter), a letter in the Greek alphabet. α may be used as the symbol for:

Place names

Media, literature and fiction

  • Alpha (band), a British electronic music group
  • Alpha (Sevendust album), an album by the band Sevendust
  • Alpha (album), an album by the band Asia
  • Alpha Magazine, Australian men's sport magazine
  • Alpha (computer), a fictional computer in Mike Walker's radio play Alpha
  • Alpha (search engine), a search engine by Yahoo!
  • , the first Magic: The Gathering cards set
  • Alpha 5/Alpha 6/Alpha 7, nicknames of the characters in the Power Rangers television programs
  • Alpha 60, a sentient computer in the film Alphaville
  • Alpha TV, a Greek terrestrial channel
  • ARC Trooper A-17, nicknamed "Alpha", a character from various Star Wars comics
  • The highest social class in Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World
  • Moonbase Alpha, the primary setting for the television series Space: 1999
  • Alpha (DC Comics), a character from DC Comics
  • Alpha the Ultimate Mutant, a character featured in Marvel Comics
  • Alpha (planet) in Isaac Asimov's novel Foundation and Earth
  • Alpha (known as Proto in Japan) is the glitched prototype of the Internet and final boss of the video game MegaMan Battle Network 3

Science and mathematics

  • Alpha Centauri, the brightest star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus
  • Alpha (biology), "alpha male" and "alpha female", the highest ranking individuals in a community of social animals
  • Alpha (investment), a measurement of risk-adjusted performance
  • Alpha waves, recorded by electroencephalography
  • Cronbach's alpha, a statistical measure of reliability
  • ALPHA, the Antihydrogen Laser PHysics Apparatus, an experiment at CERN.

Computing

Other

  • Alpha Dogma, a European secret society which ideology is to enhance life.
  • Alpha chapter, the original or first chapter of a Greek letter society that has multiple chapters across different college or university campuses.
  • Latin alpha, an open front unrounded vowel
  • Space Station Alpha, the original name and unofficial call sign for the International Space Station
  • The first letter in the NATO phonetic alphabet
  • Service "A", one of the uniforms of the United States Marine Corps
  • Alpha (radio navigation), a Russian radio navigation system similar to the former Omega Navigation System
  • Alpha 2000, a light aircraft built in New Zealand
  • Alpha Group, a dedicated counter-terrorism unit that belonged to OSNAZ
  • Alpha class submarine, a Russian fast attack nuclear submarine
  • Alpha course, an introductory course in Christianity
  • Sony α or Sony Alpha, a digital SLR series by Sony
  • Minolta α or Minolta Alpha, the Japanese name for a series of SLR cameras known as Maxxum or Dynax elsewhere, and predecessor to Sony's brand of the same name
  • Tropical Storm Alpha (2005)
  • Alpha Industries, clothing company
  • Canada Association for Learning & Preserving the History of WWII in Asia, organization
  • Alpha quadra, in Socionics
  • H3 Alpha, a variant of the Hummer H3 SUV.

See also

Alpha (Greek ἄλφα), (uppercase Α, lowercase α) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 1. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Aleph .
..... Click the link for more information.
Angle of attack (AOA, , Greek letter alpha) is a term used in aerodynamics to describe the angle between the airfoil's chord line and the relative airflow, wind, effectively the direction in which the aircraft is currently moving.
..... Click the link for more information.
A transistor is a semiconductor device, commonly used as an amplifier or an electrically controlled switch. The transistor is the fundamental building block of the circuitry in computers, cellular phones, and all other modern electronic devices.
..... Click the link for more information.
Angular acceleration is the rate of change of angular velocity over time. In SI units, it is measured in radians per second squared (rad/s2), and is usually denoted by the Greek letter alpha ().
..... Click the link for more information.
The fine-structure constant or Sommerfeld fine-structure constant, usually denoted , is the fundamental physical constant characterizing the strength of the electromagnetic interaction.
..... Click the link for more information.
Alpha particles (named after and denoted by the first letter in the Greek alphabet, α) consist of two protons and two neutrons bound together into a particle identical to a helium nucleus; hence, it can be written as He2+ or 42He.
..... Click the link for more information.
In physics and astronomy, H-alpha, also written Hα, is a specific emission line created by hydrogen.

According to the Bohr model of the atom, electrons exist in quantized energy levels surrounding the atom's nucleus.
..... Click the link for more information.
The alpha carbon in organic chemistry refers to the first carbon after the carbon that attaches to the functional group (the carbon is attached at the first, or alpha, position).
..... Click the link for more information.
A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name.
..... Click the link for more information.
statistical hypothesis test, or more briefly, hypothesis test, is an algorithm to state the alternative (for or against the hypothesis) which minimizes certain risks.

This article describes the commonly used frequentist treatment of hypothesis testing.
..... Click the link for more information.
In computer graphics, alpha compositing is the process of combining an image with a background to create the appearance of partial transparency. It is often useful to render image elements in separate passes, and then combine the resulting multiple 2D images into a single, final
..... Click the link for more information.
For other uses, see Alpha.
Alpha is a risk-adjusted measure of the so-called "excess return" on an investment. It is a common measure of assessing an active manager's performance as it is the return in excess of a benchmark index or "risk-free" investment.
..... Click the link for more information.
In heat transfer analysis, thermal diffusivity (symbol: ) is the ratio of thermal conductivity to volumetric heat capacity.



where:
  • k is thermal conductivity (SI units: watts per metre-kelvin, W∙m-1∙K-1

..... Click the link for more information.
proportionality, see Proportionality (disambiguation).


In mathematics, two quantities are called proportional if they vary in such a way that one of the quantities is a constant multiple of the other, or equivalently if they have a constant ratio.
..... Click the link for more information.
Alpha, Michigan

Seal
Motto:
Location of Alpha, Michigan
Coordinates:
Country United States
State Michigan
County Iron
Area
..... Click the link for more information.
Alpha, Minnesota

Seal
Motto:
Location of Alpha, Minnesota
Coordinates:
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Jackson
Area
..... Click the link for more information.
Alpha, New Jersey

Seal
Motto:
Map of Alpha in Warren County
Coordinates:
Country United States
State New Jersey
County Warren
Area
..... Click the link for more information.
Alpha
Queensland

Population: 369[]

Postcode: 4724

Location:

..... Click the link for more information.
Alpha Ridge is a major volcanic ridge under the Arctic Ocean between the Canada Basin (off Ellesmere Island) and the Lomonosov Ridge. It was active during the formation of the Amerasian Basin.[] It was discovered in 1963. The highest elevation is about 2.
..... Click the link for more information.
The Alpha Ridge is a mountain ridge in Denali County, Alaska. Elevation: 3,420 feet.[1]

It is on the west side of the Kantishna Valley in the Denali National Park[2]

References

1. ^ Alpha Ridge, AK
2.

..... Click the link for more information.
Alpha is a trip hop duo, comprising Corin Dingley and Andy Jenks. They were previously signed to Massive Attack's Melankolic label, and are currently on Don't Touch Recordings, a label they founded.
..... Click the link for more information.
Alpha is the sixth studio album by alternative metal band Sevendust. It was released on March 6th, 2007.

Alpha is the band's second album featuring Sonny Mayo on lead guitar and the first with him as part of the writing process.
..... Click the link for more information.
Alpha
(1983) Astra
(1985)

Alpha is a 1983 album by rock quartet Asia. After the huge commercial success of their first album, Asia, Alpha sold relatively poorly and was considered a disappointment to most fans.
..... Click the link for more information.
Yahoo! Inc.

Public (NASDAQ:  YHOO )
Founded Santa Clara, California
(March 1, 1995)
Headquarters 701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, California, USA

Key people Jerry Yang, CEO, Chief Yahoo! and Co-founder
David Filo, Chief Yahoo! and Co-founder
..... Click the link for more information.
Alpha 5
First Appearance: Day of the Dumpster (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
Last Appearance: Passing the Torch, Part 2 ()
Status: On Eltar
Affiliation: Zordon
Homeworld: Edenoi
Weapon(s): None
Zord(s): None
Powers:
  • Electric shielding

..... Click the link for more information.
First appearance Shift into Turbo, Part III
Last appearance Once a Ranger, Part II
Status Active
Affiliation Adam Park

Portrayed by Katerina Luciani (voice; Power Rangers: Turbo),
..... Click the link for more information.
Alpha 7 is the third Alpha robot presented in the television series Power Rangers. To date he has only appeared in one episode - the episode "Forever Red". He is seen helping Tommy Oliver and Andros working on the Astro Megaship, Mark 2.
..... Click the link for more information.
Alphaville may refer to:
  • Alphaville (band), a German music trio
  • Alphaville (film), a French science fiction film directed by Jean-Luc Godard
  • Alphaville, São Paulo, a municipality on the western edges of São Paulo, Brazil
  • A fictional city in

..... Click the link for more information.
Alpha TV

Type Broadcast
Country  Greece
Availability    Worldwide via satellite
Owner Dimitris Kontominas
Launch date 1993
Past names Skai / A-Sky
Website www.alphatv.
..... Click the link for more information.
Star Wars character
colspan="2" style="font-size: larger; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: #000
text-align:center;" | A-17 (Alpha)


Position ARC Trooper
Homeworld Kamino
Species Human
Gender Male
..... Click the link for more information.


This article is copied from an article on Wikipedia.org - the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user community. The text was not checked or edited by anyone on our staff. Although the vast majority of the wikipedia encyclopedia articles provide accurate and timely information please do not assume the accuracy of any particular article. This article is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License.
Herod_Archelaus


page counter