Alpha — Englisches Wörterbuch

Eigenname

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

2. A placename. A village in Illinois, United States.

3. A placename. A village in Michigan, United States.

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

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

6. A placename. A town in Queensland, Australia.

7. Former name of the International Space Station.

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.

Substantiv

1. A member of Generation Alpha.

   Synonyme

   Gen AlphaGeneration Alpha

   Beispiele

   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.

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   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.