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aleph
In a linguistic context, this term refers specifically to the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It is often used in scholarly discussions regarding ancient manuscripts or theology, carrying a connotation of primacy or the beginning of a sequence.
In mathematical set theory, the term is used as a technical symbol to describe the size of infinite sets. It is most commonly encountered as aleph-null, which represents the smallest infinite cardinal number, the cardinality of the set of all natural numbers.
Meanings
Examples
The scribe carefully inked the aleph at the start of the scroll.
Aleph is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
I wonder if the aleph represents a silent glottal stop in this text.
Can you show me how to write an aleph correctly?
In set theory, aleph null represents the cardinality of the set of all natural numbers.
The professor explained that aleph one is a larger infinity than aleph null.
He spent hours pondering the implications of aleph numbers in transfinite mathematics.
He spent hours pondering the implications of aleph numbers in transfinite mathematics.
The symbol for aleph looks quite distinct from the other letters in the script.