plural of alpha hinge

(aeronautics) On rotorcraft, a hinge perpendicular to the plane of rotor rotation about which the blades trail or lag.

(computing theory) One of the three rewrite rules of lambda calculus, in which a bound variable of a lambda term is replaced by another variable across its entire scope. So if there is a lambda term of the form (𝜆x.t) and it is desired to have x replaced with y, then the rewritten lambda term would have the form (𝜆y.t[y/x]) where t[y/x], "t with y instead of x", has had all free instances of x in t replaced with y.

Synonym of Acrux

plural of alpha carbon

plural of Alpha Centaurian

Of or relating to Alpha Centauri.

(science fiction) A native or inhabitant of Alpha Centauri.

plural of alpha-methylphenethylamine

plural of alpha emitter