Alpha vs Zero - What's the difference?
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The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet ('''), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to ' A .
Latin alpha
(science) The name of the symbols ?' and ' ? used in science and mathematics, often interchangeable with the symbols when used as a prefix.
:: I will attempt to make an alpha particle ("?-particle") with the large hadron collider.
(finance) The return of a given asset or portfolio adjusted for systematic risk.
An alpha male.
* 2008 , Faye Flam, The Score: How the Quest for Sex Has Shaped the Modern Man , Avery (2008), ISBN 9781436225786,
* 2008 , The New Black Lace Book of Women's Sexual Fantasies (ed. Mitzi Szereto), Black Lace (2008), ISBN 9780352341723,
* 2009 , Martin G. Groder & Pat Webster, Winning at Love: The Alpha Male's Guide to Relationship Success , Bascom Hill Books (2009), ISBN 9781935456049,
(informal, abbreviation) Alphabet.
(computer graphics) The level of translucency of a color, as determined by the alpha channel.
Designates the first in an order of precedence.
associated with the alpha male/female archetype.
(star) Designates the brightest star in a constellation.
(cardinal) The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as .
The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
The digit in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
(informal, uncountable) Nothing, or none.
The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.
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, title= The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.
(mathematics) A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.
(senseid) (mathematics, algebra) The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.
(slang) A person of little or no importance.
(military) A , a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945.
A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm.
(finance) A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).
(informal, used with noun) none
(meteorology) Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
(meteorology) Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
(linguistics) Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the data.
To set a measuring instrument to zero; to calibrate instrument scale to valid zero.
(computing) To change a memory location or range to values of zero; to set a variable in a computer program to zero.
To cause or set some value or amount to be zero.
To eliminate; to delete; to overwrite with zeros.
* 2001 , Mark Pesce, "True Magic", in True Names by Vernor Vinge and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier , James Frenkel (editor)
* 2004 , Anna Maxted, Being Committed , page 358
To disappear
* 1997 , Tom Clancy, Executive Orders , page 340
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English
Noun
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- Being a beta male in a species with alphas doesn't mean you have to sit out the mating game.
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- I'm still turned on by alpha males. I think there are only a couple of other men that turn me on . . . ones that are clearly not alphas .
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- This book is primarily for alpha males, or “top dogs.” We'll talk more about that later; but let's just say that if you are a man and successful in the world of trade, business, or profession, most likely you are an alpha', or you have been trained to ''act like'' an ' alpha .
Derived terms
* alpha and omega * alpha blending * alpha channel * alpha emitter * alpha helix * alphalike * alpha male * alpha particle * alpha ray * alpha wave * alpha ray * alpha testing * alpha versionSee also
*Adjective
(-)- I am the alpha male.
- When space travel becomes feasible, I plan to visit Alpha Centauri.
Derived terms
* alpha blogger * Alpha Centauri, * alpha female * alpha geekzero
English
(wikipedia zero)Numeral
(head)- The conductor waited until the passenger count was zero .
- A cheque for zero''' dollars and '''zero''' cents crashed the computers on division by '''zero .
Usage notes
* In an adjectival sense, used with the plural of a countable noun: *: I have zero''' dollars and '''zero food.Synonyms
* * o * cipher * (informal) goose egg * naught * nil * no * nullDerived terms
* division by zero * zero method * zeroth, zeroethSee also
*Noun
The rise of smart beta, passage=Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.}}
- Since a commutative zero is the inverse of any additive identity, it must be unique when it exists.
- The zero''' (of a ring or field) has the property that the product of the '''zero''' with any element yields the '''zero .
- The quotient ring over a maximal ideal is a field with a single zero element.
- They rudely treated him like a zero .
- The takeovers were financed by issuing zeroes .
Synonyms
* (numeric symbol zero) cipher * (digit zero) slashed zero * (point of origin on a scale) origin, zero point * (lowest point) nadir * (negligible or irrelevant amount) naught, nil, nothing, nought, nowt, null, (informal)'' bugger all, ''(informal) fuck all, nada, sod all, sweet FA, sweet Fanny Adams, zilch, zip * (person of little importance) cipher, nobody, nonentity * root * (identity element of a monoid) additive identityDerived terms
* absolute zero * aleph-zero * decimal without a zero * go from zero to hero * ground zero * negative zero * non-zero * positive zero * size zero * sub-zero * zero air * zero-based budget * zero coupon bond * zero-day * zero deflection * zero-dimensional * zero-emission vehicle * zero-grade * zero hour * zero hundred * zero-knowledge * zero-knowledge proof * zero-length launching * zero one infinity rule * zero-point energy * zero-rated * zero-sum * zero-sum game * zero vector * zero gravityAdjective
(-)- She showed zero respect.
- The stem of "kobieta" with the zero ending is "kobiet".
Synonyms
* noDerived terms
* zero toleranceVerb
(es)- Zero the fluorometer with the same solvent used in extraction.
- Results were inconsistent because an array wasn’t zeroed during initialization.
- They tried to zero the budget by the end of the quarter.
- They discovered the object code for the simulator that was DON, and zeroed it. DON — or his creator — was clever and had planted many copies,
- If I zeroed Jack, I'd get by So I'd erased him, pretended the last few months had never happened.
- Traffic on the encrypted channels used by senior Iraqi generals had peaked and zeroed', then peaked again, and ' zeroed again.