alt

[ alt ]

/ ælt /

Music.

adjective

high.

noun

in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.

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Origin of alt

1525–35; < Provençal < Latin altum, noun use of neuter of altus high

Words nearby alt

also-ran, alsop, alston, alstroemeria, alström's syndrome, alt, alt key, alt-, alt-right, alt-rock, alt.

Definition for alt (2 of 4)

Alt key

[ awlt ]

/ ɔlt /

noun Computers.

either of two keys on a PC keyboard that is held down while pressing another key, as to perform a specific operation or type a special character.

Also called Alt

Origin of Alt key

First recorded in 1980–85

Definition for alt (3 of 4)

alt-

variant of alti- before a vowel: altazimuth.

Definition for alt (4 of 4)

alt.

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Example sentences from the Web for alt

Both present alt cert in general—and TFA in particular—as a problem, as a project that urgently needs fixing.
Stop Scapegoating Teach for America|Conor P. Williams|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Admittedly, the quality of alt cert programs varies quite a bit.
Stop Scapegoating Teach for America|Conor P. Williams|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Alt cert critics often argue that there are flaws in the methodology of some of these studies.
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TFA—and some other alt cert programs—are already performing about as well as our main teacher preparation pipeline.
Stop Scapegoating Teach for America|Conor P. Williams|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But many conventional doctors are also fed up and are jumping on the “alt med” bandwagon.
Clinton Doc: This Is How We’ll Fix Health Care|Daniela Drake|June 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The waters would be ruddy and golden at this hour, but by day ran brown and sluggish enough over the mud banks of the Alt.
North, South and Over the Sea|M.E. Francis (Mrs. Francis Blundell)
She had a fine clear voice, and could take the B flat in alt with perfect ease.
That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1(of 3)|Frances Eleanor Trollope
They thought the crew Sabbath-breakers from the lodge at Alt Garbh.
The Disentanglers|Andrew Lang
He had got the length of Alt Shelechan when a Diarmaid came out on him from the bracken with a curse on his mouth.
The Lost Pibroch|Neil Munro
It was not, indeed, about Jack Laverick that poor Alt had telegraphed at all.
The Crime Doctor|Ernest William Hornung

British Dictionary definitions for alt

alt

/ (ælt) music /

adjective

(esp of vocal music) high in pitch

of or relating to the octave commencing with the G above the top line of the treble staff

noun

in alt in the octave directly above the treble staff

Word Origin for alt

C16: from Provençal, from Latin altus high, deep

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Medical definitions for alt

ALT

[ ā′ĕl-tē′ ]

n.

alanine aminotransferase