Definitions for Alt
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.5 / 2 votes

1. elevation, EL, altitude, ALTnoun

   angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. altnoun

   One of a player's alternate or secondary characters.

2. Altnoun

   A modifier key.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. alt

   In different contexts, "alt" can have different meanings: 1. In computing, it often refers to the "Alt" key on keyboards, mainly used for keyboard shortcuts or to generate special characters. 2. It is often used as an abbreviation for "alternative," referring to a choice or option outside the mainstream or norm. 3. In aviation, it stands for "altitude," referring to the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level. 4. In music, "alt" can refer to a type of deviation in the performance of a piece, such as alt fingering or alt position. 5. In medical terms, it typically stands for alanine aminotransferase, an enzyme found primarily in the liver and kidney. 6. In internet culture, "alt" can refer to a secondary online account used in addition to a user's primary account. 7. In HTML programming, the "alt" attribute is used to specify alternative text to be displayed if an image cannot be displayed.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Alt

   the higher part of the scale. See Alto

2. Etymology: [See Alto.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Alt

   ALT was a one-off band, featuring former New Zealand band Split Enz frontman Tim Finn, Northern Irish singer/songwriter Andy White and the frontman of the Irish band Hothouse Flowers, Liam Ó Maonlaí, that recorded and played together in 1995. The band's name was created out of the letters of their first names. They released two albums. The first was the studio album Altitude, was recorded in Periscope Studios in Melbourne, Australia. It had thirteen tracks, and it included references and influences to the musical and cultural traditions in which the participants grew up. The second was Bootleg, a live recording from The Continental in Sydney, Australia. Both albums were recorded and released in 1994-1995. They toured briefly around Europe after the album was released. Finn re-recorded an ALT song as the title track and first song for his 2001 EP, What You've Done. The ALT version is the second track of that EP. Finn also included his new take on the song in the Feeding the Gods album the same year. In 2004, Ó Maonlaí joined Finn on stage in Dublin, during a Finn Brothers concert, and they performed one of the ALT songs. The three have worked together on each others' solo projects from time to time.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Alt

   alt, n. high tone, in voice or instrument.—In alt, in the octave above the treble stave beginning with G; (fig.) in an exalted and high-flown mood.

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. alt

   1. n. The alt shift key on an IBM PC or clone keyboard; see bucky bits, sense 2 (though typical PC usage does not simply set the 0200 bit). 2. n. The option key on a Macintosh; use of this term usually reveals that the speaker hacked PCs before coming to the Mac (see also feature key, which is sometimes incorrectly called ‘alt’). 3. The alt hierarchy on Usenet, the tree of newsgroups created by users without a formal vote and approval procedure. There is a myth, not entirely implausible, that alt is acronymic for “anarchists, lunatics, and terrorists”; but in fact it is simply short for “alternative”. 4. n.,obs. Rare alternate name for the ASCII ESC character (ASCII 0011011). This use, derives, with the alt key itself, from archaic PDP-10 operating systems, especially ITS.

Suggested ResourcesRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ALT

   What does ALT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the ALT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ALT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Alt is ranked #5850 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Alt surname appeared 5,906 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Alt.
   
   90.8% or 5,364 total occurrences were White.
   2.7% or 165 total occurrences were Asian.
   2.7% or 161 total occurrences were Black.
   1.9% or 116 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.4% or 85 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.2% or 15 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Angular Position

Anagrams for Alt »

1. Tal

2. TLA

3. lat

4. Lat.

5. LAT

6. LTA

7. ATL

How to pronounce Alt?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Alt in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Alt in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Alt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Alt in a Sentence

1. Richard Spencer:

   I am alive physically, but, digitally speaking, there has been execution squads across the alt-right and it is something like the Night of the Long Knives.

2. Spencer Brown:

   Ben receives more hate from the alt-right than anyone else online these days.

3. Heat Streetreached:

   My DeplorableNYUProfessor account was just an experiment to illustrate the point that the SJW left is producing the alt right that they hate so much. They are actually producing that what they despise by virtue of their idiocy and their totalitarianism, but I never thought much of it, I didn’t even expect it to be noticed.

4. Leonard Moty:

   I think they're going to try to make this community over into their image and make it a very extremist, alt-right community, i had this group rise up against me and spread enough lies and enough reputation assassination to try to destroy me. And they were successful.

5. Ted Wheeler:

   Portland is unique in that we seem to be ground zero for alt-right groups to come into our town because they know they’ll get a response – and they do.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Alt
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Alt
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Alt
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Alt
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Alt
7. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Alt
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html