Alpha
E19376
Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet, often symbolizing beginnings, primacy, or the starting point in various contexts.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek letter
ⓘ
letter ⓘ symbol ⓘ |
| alphabet | Greek alphabet ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Cyrillic letter А
ⓘ
Latin letter A ⓘ |
| belongsToScriptFamily | Indo-European writing systems ⓘ |
| category | vowel letter ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Omega ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Phoenician alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Phoenician letter aleph
|
| etymologicalOriginLanguage | Phoenician ⓘ |
| hasLowercaseForm | α ⓘ |
| hasNumericValueInGreekNumerals | 1 ⓘ |
| hasStrokeOrder | defined in Greek handwriting standards ⓘ |
| hasUppercaseForm | Α ⓘ |
| isPartOfExpression | Alpha and Omega ⓘ |
| nameInGreek | Α ⓘ |
| nameInGreekLowercase | α ⓘ |
| positionInAlphabet | 1 ⓘ |
| representsSound |
/a/
ⓘ
open front unrounded vowel ⓘ |
| script | Greek script ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
beginning
ⓘ
first position ⓘ primacy ⓘ starting point ⓘ |
| transliteratedAs | A ⓘ |
| UnicodeCodePointLowercase | U+03B1 ⓘ |
| UnicodeCodePointUppercase | U+0391 ⓘ |
| usedAsVariableFor |
alpha coefficient in finance
ⓘ
alpha particle in nuclear physics ⓘ angle in trigonometry ⓘ fine-structure constant in physics ⓘ level of significance in statistics ⓘ transparency level in computer graphics ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Greek language
ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ finance ⓘ mathematics ⓘ physics ⓘ statistics ⓘ |
| usedInBiology | to denote alpha subunit or alpha type ⓘ |
| usedInChemistry | to denote alpha position in organic molecules ⓘ |
| usedInComputerScience | to denote alpha version of software ⓘ |
| usedInStarDesignation | Bayer designation for brightest star in a constellation ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | alphabetic ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.