alt

Meanings

1. Of a voice or instrument, high pitch; especially, the octave above the top line of the treble stave.
2. A state of excitement, a heightened emotional condition.

1. Clipping of alternate.
2. Clipping of alternative, especially as a cultural phenomenon seen as being outside the mainstream of its genre.

1. Clipping of altitude.
2. An alternate or secondary account.
3. An alternate account.
4. An alternative investment or alternative fund.
5. An alternate version of a piece of art, especially without much changes beyond a specific thing.
6. Ellipsis of alt text.

1. To use an alternate or secondary account.

1. Synonym of altbier.

1. A modifier key used to change (alternate) the function of other pressed keys.

1. A river in West Lancashire and Merseyside, England that flows into the Irish Sea; in full, the River Alt.

1. Initialism of alanine transaminase.

Etymology

From Latin altus (“high”). Doublet of old and alto.