Alpha, both as a symbol and term, is used to refer to or describe a variety of things, including the first or most significant occurrence of something.

In 1992, Alpha Oumar Konaré won Mali's first democratic, multi-party presidential election, before being re-elected for a second term in 1997, which was the last allowed under the constitution.

, the Mayor of Alpha Borough is Edward Hanics, Jr. ( D ; term ends December 31, 2015 ).

The only significant previous use of the term " Syfy " in relation to science fiction was by the website SyFy Portal, which became Airlock Alpha after selling the brand to NBC Universal ( represented by a shell company ) in February for $ 250, 000.

One of the earliest pen-and-paper games to reference the term was Gamma World published by TSR in 1980 ( the same company that originated Dungeons and Dragons )., while its predecessor Metamorphosis Alpha, published in 1976 is classified as science fiction, highlighting some of the confusion between the two genres.

Early in his term ( October 1931 ), Alpha Phi Omega was formally recognized by the Boy Scouts of America.

He also coined the term " parallel universe retrieval ," meaning not just the capture of criminals, but the act of escorting them back to the Alpha Universe for trial.

It begins the U. S. Navy use of the term " Alpha strike ", meaning a large attack by an aircraft carrier air wing.

Alpha Delta Pi is one of the two " Macon Magnolias ," a term used to celebrate the bonds it shares with Phi Mu.

Knox College groups belonging to the sorority's Panhellenic Council ( Alpha Sigma Alpha, Delta Delta Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Pi Beta Phi ) conduct a formal recruitment process during the winter term.

Alpha Lambda Delta is an honor society for students who have achieved a 3. 5 GPA or higher and are in the top 20 % of their class during their first year or term of higher education.

The term can also refer to the organization of protons and neutrons within an atomic nucleus, e. g. the Alpha particle ( a. k. a. as " α-cluster "), consisting of two protons and two neutrons ( as in a helium nucleus ).

The term was considered by occultist Aleister Crowley to represent a unity of beginning and ending by tying together the first and last letters of the alphabets of antiquity ; A / Alpha / Alef ( first character of Latin, Greek & Hebrew ), Z ( final character in Latin ), O as Omega ( final character in Greek ) and Th as Tau ( final character in Hebrew ).

Phi Mu is one of the two " Macon Magnolias ," a term used to celebrate the bonds it shares with Alpha Delta Pi.

The term " gas proportional detector " ( GPD ) is generally used in radiometric practice, and the property of being able to detect particle energy is particular useful when using flat arrays for Alpha and Beta particle detection and discrimination.

* Lisa Croston, Alpha term

The Alpha Cast ( Alpha Psi Omega's term for " chapter ") was founded at Fairmont State College ( now Fairmont State University ) on August 12, 1925 by professor Paul F. Opp.

In Dan Abnett's works, where the term first appeared, the Alpha Level psyker Esarhaddon ( also the name of the King of Assyria between 681-669 BC ) is powerful and able to control hundreds of Imperial citizens as puppets against the protagonists, but he is not described as being powerful enough to destroy a battle Titan, and is eventually subdued ( Many works of fiction show that psykers seem to specialise in certain areas of psychic ability, so it is possible that Esarhaddon specialised in mind control or mental manipulation ).

The term was first coined in 1996 by a member of the Cult of the Dead Cow hacker collective named Omega.

Omega Point is a term coined by the French Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ( 1881 – 1955 ) to describe a maximum level of complexity and consciousness towards which he believed the universe was evolving.

Frank Tipler uses the term Omega Point to describe what he maintains is the ultimate fate of the universe required by the laws of physics.

* An informal term for a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., a historically African American Greek-letter fraternity

* Kris Wright, Omega term

* Dawn Farmer, Omega ( National President ) term

Frank J. Tipler's Omega Point theory ( 1994 ), which identifies concepts from physical cosmology with theistic concepts, is sometimes referred to by the term, although not by Tipler himself.

The al-prefix was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an " allegation " ( the French allegeance comes from the English ).

The term " Almoravid " comes from the Arabic " al-Murabitun " () which is the plural form of " al-Murabit " literally meaning " One who is tying " but figuratively means " one who is ready for battle at a fortress ".

The term " antibacterial " derives from Greek ἀντί ( anti ), " against " + βακτήριον ( baktērion ), diminutive of βακτηρία ( baktēria ), " staff, cane ", because the first ones to be discovered were rod-shaped, and the term " antibiotic " derives from anti + βιωτικός ( biōtikos ), " fil for life, lively ", which comes from βίωσις ( biōsis ), " way of life ", and that from βίος ( bios ), " life ".

The term " adrenal " comes from ad-( Latin, " near ") and renes ( Latin, " kidney ").

However, it has been strongly argued that this was a point made out of mis-translation, as pointed out by Amin Malouf, and that the origin of the term in Middle Eastern culture comes from phrase Asasiyun, meaning those who follow the Asas ; believers in the foundation of faith.

It has been suggested that the term comes from the Black Stump Wine Saloon that once stood about 10 kilometres out of Coolah, New South Wales on the Gunnedah Road.

Some etymologists believe it comes from a dialectal pronunciation of the Portuguese " bandore " or from an early anglicisation of the Spanish word " bandurria ", though other research suggests that it may come from a West African term for a bamboo stick formerly used for the instrument's neck.

The first recorded use of the term Bretwalda comes from a West Saxon chronicle of the late 9th century that applied the term to Ecgberht, who ruled from 802 to 839.

The term " Bohemianism ", when used to mean " social unconventionality ", comes from the French bohémien " Gypsy " " because Romani people were thought to come from Bohemia, or because they perhaps entered the West through Bohemia ".

The term " Balkan " itself likely comes from Turkish, meaning " a chain of wooded mountains.

The name comes from the medieval-Latin term balneum ( or balineum ) Mariae — literally, Mary's bath — from which the French bain de Marie, or bain-marie, is derived.

* According to culinary writer Giuliano Bugialli, the term comes from the Italian bagno maria, named after Maria de ' Cleofa, who developed the technique in Florence in the sixteenth century.

The term constitution comes through French from the Latin word constitutio, used for regulations and orders, such as the imperial enactments ( constitutiones principis: edicta, mandata, decreta, rescripta ).

The name of the hypothesis comes from the term the continuum for the real numbers.

Camouflage is a form of visual deception ; the term probably comes from camouflet, a French term meaning smoke blown in someone's face as a practical joke.

Each computer acts as both the client and the server which means all the computers on the network are equals, that is where the term peer-to-peer comes from.

The first component of the term comes from " cybernetics ", which is derived from the Greek κυβερνήτης ( kybernētēs, steersman, governor, pilot, or rudder ), a word introduced by Norbert Wiener for his pioneering work in electronic communication and control science.

The term " contra " comes from the Spanish contra, which means against but in this case is short for, in English " the counter-revolution ".

A term that comes closer to Coptic Orthodoxy is miaphysite, which refers to a conjoined nature for Christ, both human and divine, united indivisibly in the Incarnate Logos.

For terms such as these it is not possible and indeed not necessary to state a definition ; rather, one simply comes to understand the use of the term.

The term comes from the Greek δίς ( dis ), " twice " and πόλος ( pòlos ), " axis ".

The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek (, " management of a household, administration ") from (, " house ") + (, " custom " or " law "), hence " rules of the house ( hold )".