Usually means: First or dominant in group.
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We found 65 dictionaries that define the word ALPHA:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. alpha: Merriam-Webster
  2. Alpha, alpha: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. alpha: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. alpha: Collins English Dictionary
  5. alpha: Vocabulary.com
  6. Alpha, alpha: Wordnik
  7. alpha: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. alpha: Wiktionary
  9. alpha: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. alpha: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. alpha: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. alpha: Dictionary.com
  13. ALPHA (psychedelic), ALPHA, Alpha (Alice Nine album), Alpha (Asia album), Alpha (Australian magazine), Alpha (Centauri), Alpha (DC Comics), Alpha (Lombard), Alpha (Marvel Comics), Alpha (Police Unit), Alpha (Selena album), Alpha (Sevendust album), Alpha (The Walking Dead), Alpha (The X-Files), Alpha (band), Alpha (biology), Alpha (comics), Alpha (disambiguation), Alpha (ethology), Alpha (film), Alpha (finance), Alpha (investment), Alpha (language), Alpha (letter), Alpha (name), Alpha (navigation), Alpha (programming language), Alpha (radio navigation), Alpha (record label), Alpha (video game), Alpha: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Alpha: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. alpha: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. alpha: Rhymezone
  17. Alpha: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. alpha: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. alpha: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  20. alpha: FreeDictionary.org
  21. alpha: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. alpha: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. alpha: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  24. Alpha: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  25. alpha: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  26. alpha: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. alpha: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
  3. Derivatives (No longer online)
  4. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  5. ALPHA: Accounting Glossary
  6. Alpha: bizterms.net
  7. Alpha: Moneyterms
  8. alpha: Finance-Glossary.com
  9. Alpha: Investopedia
  10. Comprehensive Financial (No longer online)
  11. Alpha: Securities Terminology
  12. Alpha (investment), Alpha: Financial dictionary
  13. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
  14. Alpha: WashingtonPost.com: Business
  15. Yahoo Tax Center Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. ALPHA, Alpha: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. alpha: Netlingo
  3. Alpha: CCI Computer
  4. Alpha (Centauri), alpha: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. alpha: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Alpha: Merck Manuals
  3. Alpha: MedFriendly Glossary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. alpha, alpha-: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. ALPHA: Acronym Finder
  3. alpha: Idioms
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. World English Bible Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Alpha: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Alpha: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. Alpha: Internet Glossary of Statistical Terms
  3. Statistics (in particular, re-randomisation statistics) (No longer online)
  4. Alpha (a): Fundamental Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
  5. ALPHA: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. alpha: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. alpha: Electronics
  3. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See alphas as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Alpha)

noun:  The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.
noun:  Latin alpha: the Latin letter Ɑ (minuscule: ɑ).
noun:  (sciences) The name of the symbols Α and α used in science and mathematics, often interchangeable with the symbols when used as a prefix.
noun:  (finance) The return of a given asset or portfolio adjusted for systematic risk.
noun:  A person, especially a male, who is dominant, successful and attractive; (see alpha male).
noun:  (software engineering) The first versions of a program, usually only available to the developer, and only tested by the developer.
noun:  (aviation) Angle of attack.
noun:  (computer graphics) The level of translucency of a color, as determined by the alpha channel.
noun:  (statistics) The significance level of a statistical test; the alpha level.
noun:  (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, a person of a dominant secondary sex driven by biology, magic, or other means to bond with an omega, with males of this type often having canine-like genitalia.
adjective:  Designates the first in an order of precedence.
adjective:  (of person, object or action) Exhibiting characteristics of the alpha male/female archetype.
adjective:  (astronomy) Designates some bright star, usually the brightest star, of a constellation.
noun:  A placename.
noun:  A ghost town in California, United States (USA).
noun:  A village in Illinois, United States.
noun:  A village in Michigan, United States.
noun:  A city and village in Minnesota, United States
noun:  A borough of New Jersey, United States.
noun:  A town in Queensland, Australia.
noun:  Former name of the International Space Station.
noun:  (computing) 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:  A member of Generation Alpha.
noun:  (informal, abbreviation) Short for alphabet. [The set of letters used when writing in a language.]
noun:  (computer graphics) Ellipsis of alpha layer.
adjective:  Clipping of alphabetical. [Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.]
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of alpha [The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.]

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