(philosophy, general) a person's feeling of disconnection and/or isolation from a group – whether friends, family, or wider society – or another individual due to low degree of integration or common values

plural of coefficient of alienation

(statistics) A numerical measure of the lack of relationship between variables.

Any nucleic acid composed of bases other than adenine, guanine, thymine, uracil and cytosine and/or sugars other than ribose and deoxyribose, that could form the basis of extraterrestrial carbon-based life.

A supposed disturbance in which children are obsessively preoccupied with depreciation and/or criticism of a parent.

plural of alien nucleic acid

(neurology, psychiatry) A condition in which a person experiences their limbs acting seemingly on their own, without control over the actions.

plural of alien hand syndrome

(fandom slang) An implausible point of divergence from reality, used as a plot device in alternate history.

plural of resident alien