[ˈeɪlɪəs], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- used to indicate that a named person is also known or more familiar under another specified name
(e.g: Eric Blair, alias George Orwell)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin, ‘at another time, otherwise’

[ˈeɪlɪəs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a false or assumed identity
(e.g: a spy operating under the alias Barsad)

- each of a set of signal frequencies which, when sampled at a given uniform rate, would give the same set of sampled values, and thus might be incorrectly substituted for one another when reconstructing the original signal


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin, ‘at another time, otherwise’

[ˈeɪlɪəs], (Verb)

Definitions:
- misidentify (a signal frequency), introducing distortion or error
(e.g: fringes at higher spatial frequency are aliased by the sensor)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin, ‘at another time, otherwise’