alt
/ɔːlt/ · noun
Meaning
- Of a voice or instrument, high pitch; especially, the octave above the top line of the treble stave.
- A state of excitement, a heightened emotional condition.
- Clipping of alternate.
- Clipping of alternative, especially as a cultural phenomenon seen as being outside the mainstream of its genre.
- Clipping of altitude.
- An alternate or secondary account.
- An alternate account.
- An alternative investment or alternative fund.
- An alternate version of a piece of art, especially without much changes beyond a specific thing.
- Ellipsis of alt text.
- To use an alternate or secondary account.
- Synonym of altbier.
- A modifier key used to change (alternate) the function of other pressed keys.
- A river in West Lancashire and Merseyside, England that flows into the Irish Sea; in full, the River Alt.
- Initialism of alanine transaminase.
Etymology / origin
From Latin altus (“high”). Doublet of old and alto.
- altus(Latin)→
- alt (English)
- Relations: bor
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