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delta
/ˈdɛltə/
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What does delta mean?
noun
- The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ.
- A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.
- Alternative letter-case form of Delta from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
More meanings (33)
noun
- The symbol Δ; A change in a quantity, likely from "d" for "difference".
- The rate of change in an option value with respect to the underlying asset's price.
- A value in delta notation indicating the relative abundances of isotopes.
- The set of differences between two versions of a file.
- (informal) A small but noticeable effect. Compare epsilon.
- The angle subtended at the center of a circular arc.
- A type of cargo bike that has one wheel in front and two in back.
- The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, especially in a three-phase system.
- A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF operations wing, or an army regiment.
- a star that is usually the fourth brightest of a constellation.
- one of four baryons consisting of up and down quarks with a combined spin of 3/2: Δ⁺⁺ (uuu), Δ⁺ (uud), Δ⁰ (udd), or Δ⁻ (ddd)
- Ellipsis of delta variant (variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus).
- The Delta variant of COVID-19.
- Acronym of Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, an advanced qualification to teach English, higher than the CELTA, accredited by the University of Cambridge.
verb
- To calculate the differences between the characters in an enciphered text and the characters a fixed number of positions previous.
- To compare two versions of the same file in order to determine where they differ (where a programmer has made edits).
proper noun
- A state of Nigeria in the South South geopolitical zone. Capital: Asaba. Largest city: Warri.
- A municipality in Central Macedonia, Greece.
- A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
- A municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
- A village in Ontario, Canada.
- A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Clay County, Alabama.
- A city and home rule municipality, the county seat of Delta County, Colorado.
- An unincorporated community in Saline County, Illinois.
- A city in Keokuk County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Kentucky.
- A village in Madison Parish, Louisiana.
- A city in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Stokes County, North Carolina.
- A village in Fulton County, Ohio.
- A borough in York County, Pennsylvania.
- A city in Millard County, Utah.
- A town and unincorporated community in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdɛltə/
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Like all mountain streams, it brings down considerable quantities of sediment, with which it has formed a conical shaped delta.
It would sweep them off as they were swimming from island to island in the vast delta of Father Ganges.
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The igarapés and furos or channels, which are infinite in number in this great river delta, are characteristic of the country.
The sand so transported contributes to the gradual elevation of the Delta, and of the banks and bed of the river itself.
For during the same period of misgovernment and neglect in Egypt the Nile did not turn its valley and delta into a desert.