ALPHA
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Al"pha (&unr_;), n. [L. alpha, Gr. 'a`lfa, from Heb. &ā;leph, name of the first letter in the alphabet, also meaning ox.] The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning.
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In am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
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Formerly used also denote the chief; as, Plato was the alpha of the wits.
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&hand_; In cataloguing stars, the brightest star of a constellation in designated by Alpha (α); as, α Lyræ.
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