- α
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- Parse: Noun: Indeclinable letter
- Meaning:
- First letter of the Greek alphabet (ἄλφα) and used for "first."
- As a prefix it denotes "privation" or "negative" (e.g., δῆλος=clear, revealed; ἄδηλος=obscure, hidden)
- Sometimes as a prefix (ἀ- or ἁ-) denotes "augmentation" and "union"
- As a number: α' = one; α = 1000
- α'
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- Parse: Numeral
- Meaning: one