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Alpha (Α or α ) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet.
Alpha or ALPHA may also refer to:
Letters
Art and entertainment
Books and comics
Film and TV
Fictional characters and places
Alpha (DC Comics) , a character from DC Comics
Alpha (Marvel Comics) , a character from Marvel Comics
Alpha (The Walking Dead ) , an antagonist from the Walking Dead comic and TV series
Alpha 4 (Power Rangers) ,
Alpha 5 (Power Rangers) ,
Alpha 6 (Power Rangers) , or
Alpha 7 (Power Rangers) , characters in the Power Rangers universe
Alpha the Ultimate Mutant , a character in Marvel Comics
Moonbase Alpha (Space: 1999) , the primary setting for the television series Space: 1999
Alpha, a wolf character in the animated film
Storks
Alpha, the lead dog from the 2009 animated film
Up
Alpha Trion , an autobot character in The Transformers
Alpha, a fictional computer in Mike Walker's radio play
Alpha
Alpha Lexa, a character from
Ryan's World
Alpha, the main antagonist of
Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed
Gaming
Music
Albums
Songs
Business
Alpha Bank , a Greek bank, or their stock symbol ALPHA
Alpha Books , an imprint of Penguin Group
Alpha Industries , an American clothing company
Alpha Media , an American radio broadcasting company
Alpha TV , a Greek terrestrial channel
Alpha Video , an American entertainment company
Alpha, a streaming service operated by
Legendary Entertainment from 2016 to 2019
Alpha (Australian magazine) , an Australian men's sport magazine
Alpha , an investor magazine, later incorporated into
Absolute Return + Alpha
People
Places
United States of America
Alpha, California , former settlement
Alpha, Illinois , a village
Alpha, Iowa , an unincorporated community
Alpha, Kentucky , an unincorporated community
Alpha, Maryland , an unincorporated community
Alpha, Michigan , a village
Alpha, Minnesota , a city
Alpha, Missouri , an unincorporated community
Alpha, New Jersey , a borough
Alpha, Ohio , a neighborhood of the city of Beavercreek
Alpha, Oregon , an unincorporated community
Alpha (Morristown, Tennessee) , a neighborhood
Alpha, Texas , an unincorporated freedman's town
Alpha, Virginia , an unincorporated community
Alpha, Washington , an unincorporated community
Alpha, Wisconsin , an unincorporated community
Alpha Ridge, Alaska , a mountain ridge
Elsewhere
Science, technology and mathematics
Computing
Mathematics and statistics
Science
Alpha (ethology) (also "alpha male" and "alpha female"), the highest ranking individuals in a community of social animals
ALPHA , a particle physics experiment at CERN
ALPHA Collaboration , (Antihydrogen Laser PHysics Apparatus), a team of scientists
Alpha particle , form of particle radiation
Alpha waves , recorded by electroencephalography
Angle of attack in aerodynamics (symbol "α")
Angular acceleration in physics (symbol "α")
Coefficient of thermal expansion in thermodynamics (symbol "α")
Fine-structure constant in physics (symbol "α")
Thermal diffusivity in thermodynamics (symbol "α")
Common-base current gain of a
transistor in electronics (symbol "α")
α, the isotope fractionation factor between two substances in
geochemistry
Alpha, the brightest star in a constellation according to the
Bayer designation
α receptors, a type of
Adrenergic receptor
SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant , one of the variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19
A class of
Immunoglobulin heavy chains that defines
IgA type
antibodies
Alpha helixes , which are a type of secondary protein structures
Technology
Alpha (navigation) , a Russian radio navigation system
Minolta Alpha , the Japanese name for a series of SLR cameras known as Maxxum or Dynax elsewhere
Sony α or Sony Alpha, a digital SLR series by Sony, direct successor to the Minolta Alpha series
Samsung Galaxy Alpha , 2014 Android smartphone by Samsung
Transportation
Tropical and subtropical cyclones
Other uses
ALPHA (psychedelic) , a psychedelic drug
Generation Alpha , the demographic cohort succeeding Generation Z
Alpha course , an introductory course in Christianity
Alpha Group , a Russian counterterrorism unit
Alpha Secondary School , a high school in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Alpha Boys School , a school in Kingston, Jamaica
Alpha, or Service "A", one of the
uniforms of the United States Marine Corps
See also
Topics referred to by the same term