Definitions
1.nounAnother name; an assumed name.
2.nounA second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
3.nounAn abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks.
4.nounAn spurious signal generated as a technological artifact.
5.verbTo assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one.
6.verb(of two signals) to become indistinguishable
7.adverbOtherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called.
8.adverbUsed to connect the different names of a person who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful"Smith, alias Simpson."