Definition of Alpha (Alpha)
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Jul. 2011
The term alpha, depending on the context in which it is used, it refers to various questions ...
The English name of the letter alpha (A) corresponding to the Greek alphabet; alpha is the first letter that appears in the aforementioned alphabet, it derives from the ancient Phoenician letter alp., being its symbolgraphic an inverted ox head. As a consequence of being the first letter in order of appearance, it is normally used to account for the beginning of something, opposite omega, which represented the end.
Although, alpha, is also used in the Greek numbering system, in which it assumes the value of 1; in radioactive processes to refer to the particle alpha; in software, the alpha version is that version of a program or video game that is still in the development phase but has minimal functionality; and as an adjective to indicate the first or the most significant occurrence of a whole, among others.
On the other hand, Alpha turns out to be the name that received a
imaginary planet created by Isaac Asimov, a Russian writer and biochemist of influence during the last century.Meanwhile, in the USA, Alpha is the name they receive two localities of the territory North American, on the one hand it is a locality belonging to the state of New Jersey; According to the latest measurements carried out in 2000, its population It was of 2,482 inhabitants. And the other town called Alpha is in Washington.
Also, in the media communication we find the presence of the term, since in that way it is called a Greece private cable channel that broadcasts general content and is the third station in terms of indexes of audience of country.
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