An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

General:An assumed name; otherwise called.
Electronics: A false signal in telecommunication links from beats between signal frequency and sampling frequency.

Etymology (EN): From L. alius “(an)other”. Compare with Skt. anya “other, different,” Av. anya-, O.Pers. aniya- “the one or the other,” Arm. ail, Gk. allos “another,” Goth. aljis “other”.
PIE *al- “beyond”.

Etymology (PE): Anyâ from Mid.Pers. anya “other, otherwise,” from Av. anya “other”. This term is used as eyni in the Modern Persian Aftari dialect: eyni sâl “other year,”
eyni vacé “other child”.