(organic chemistry, brewing) Any of a class of chemical compounds which collectively give hopped beer its characteristic bitter flavor.

plural of alpha acid

(US, slang) Behaviour characteristic of an alpha dog; crassly dominant behaviour, especially at the expense of another male.

(finance) A metric used to determine the abnormal return of a security or portfolio over the theoretical expected return.

(aviation) The maximum angle of attack (AoA), maximum nose-up angle. The highest degree of displacement from (relative) horizontal (the airstream, not the ground level, nor the theoretical flat gravitational surface), that an airplane can achieve and still maintain forward flight (without stalling), at the speed that the aircraft is travelling.

(marketing, demographics, informal) Generation Alpha

A member of Generation Alpha.

plural of alpha max

(biochemistry) The predominant form of vitamin E.

plural of alpha wrap