Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word ALT

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Definitions of ALT

1. (now, archaic) A state of excitement, a heightened emotional condition. [from 18th c.]
2. Clipping of alternate.
3. Clipping of alternative, especially as a cultural phenomenon seen as being outside the mainstream of its genre.
4. Clipping of altitude.
5. (Internet slang, gaming) An alternate or secondary character.
6. (Internet slang) An alternate account.
7. (finance) An alternative investment or alternative fund.
8. Synonym of altbier
9. (computing) A modifier key used to change (alternate) the function of other pressed keys.
10. (biochemistry) Initialism of alanine transaminase.
11. (music) Of a voice or instrument, high pitch; especially, the octave above the top line of the treble stave. [from 16th c.]
12. The River Alt, a river in West, Lancashire and, Merseyside, England that flows into the, Irish Sea.

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Examples of Using ALT in a Sentence

• His exploits have earned him a multitude of enthusiasts, who celebrate him as the head deity of the parody religion "Kibology", centered on the humor newsgroup alt.
• Jay Farrar (now of Son Volt), Mike Heidorn, and Jeff Tweedy (now of Wilco) of the now-defunct alt country group Uncle Tupelo are from Belleville.
• The abbreviation "alt" (for "altered") used in chord symbols enhances readability by reducing the number of characters otherwise needed to define the chord and avoids the confusion of multiple equivalent complex names.
• stories is a Usenet newsgroup for erotic stories created on May 7, 1992, by Tim Pierce as an alternative to pre-existing alt erotica newsgroups.
• The prefix "alt" refers to the fact that it is a "hierarchy that is 'alternative' to the 'mainstream' (comp, misc, news, rec, soc, sci and talk) hierarchies".
• Serum ALT level, serum AST (aspartate transaminase) level, and their ratio (AST/ALT ratio) are routinely measured clinically as biomarkers for liver health.
• Several alt country bands including The Clydesdale and The Yeller Bellies, both of whom have released multiple albums each, are a part of the Las Vegas music scene.
• Most strips include an alt text, a one-sentence aside written in Onstad's voice that appears when the reader hovers the cursor over the strip.
• In Windows, it may also be generated through the Alt keycodes, although the results vary depending on factors such as the locale, codepage and OS version:.
• is a Usenet newsgroup set up specifically to help combat newsgroup spam cross-posted to the entire alt.

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