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delta
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).
- (river): from the triangular shape of the majuscule Greek letter delta ?
- (USSF): from the delta wing, symbol of the USSF, a triangular wing, shaped like the majuscule Greek letter delta ?
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?lt?/, [?d??t?]
- Rhymes: -?lt?
Noun
delta (plural deltas)
- The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet ?, ?.
- A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.
- The letter D in the ICAO spelling alphabet, which assigns words to letters of the alphabet.
- (mathematics) The symbol ?.
- (computing, informal) A small but noticeable effect. Compare epsilon.
- (computing) The set of differences between two versions of a file.
- (physics, engineering) A change in a quantity, likely from "d" for "difference".
- (surveying) 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.
- (electrical, often attributive) The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, especially in a three-phase system.
- (finance) The rate of change in an option value with respect to the underlying asset's price.
- (chemistry) A value in delta notation indicating the relative abundances of isotopes.
- (US, military, U.S. Space Force) A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF operations wing, or an army regiment.
- (astronomy) a star that is usually the fourth brightest of a constellation.
- Delta
Synonyms
- (USSF): garrison (a support wing equivalent)
Hypernyms
- (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (includes list of coordinate terms)
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- deltoid
- Appendix: IPA examples
Verb
delta (third-person singular simple present deltas, present participle deltaing, simple past and past participle deltaed)
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Anagrams
- Adlet, adlet, atled, dalet, dealt, lated, taled
Asturian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).
Noun
delta f (plural deltes)
- delta (Greek letter)
Noun
delta m (plural deltes)
- delta (landform at the mouth of a river)
Catalan
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?d?l.t?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?d?l.t?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?del.ta/
Noun
delta f (plural deltes)
- delta; the Greek letter ? (lowercase ?).
- (geography) A delta.
Derived terms
- metall delta
Czech
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ????? (délta), which is probably of Semitic origin.
Noun
delta n (indeclinable)
- Delta (Greek letter ?).
- (physics) Kind of rays consisting of secondary electrons with enough energy to escape a significant distance away from the primary radiation beam and produce further ionization (delta ray).
- Having the shape of the Greek letter ?.
Derived terms
- deltový
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek ????? (délta). Originally used for the delta of the Nile, because its forked shape resembled the Greek letter ?. The word is probably of Semitic origin.
Noun
delta f
- (geography) delta (forked mouth of a river)
Declension
Anagrams
- datel
- datle
References
Danish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).
Noun
delta n (singular definite deltaet, plural indefinite deltaer)
- a river delta
- delta (the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, ?, ?.)
Declension
References
- “delta” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ????? (délta).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?l.ta?/
- Hyphenation: del?ta
Noun
delta f (plural delta's, diminutive deltaatje n)
- The Greek letter delta.
- A river delta, a network of one or more rivers and tributaries pouring out into a larger body of water.
- Synonym: rivierdelta
Hypernyms
- mond
- monding
- riviermond
- riviermonding
Coordinate terms
- estuarium
Derived terms
- deltagebied
- Deltagebied
- Deltaplan
- Deltawerk
- rivierdelta
Finnish
(index d)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?delt(?)?/, [?de?lt?(?)?]
- Rhymes: -elt?
- Syllabification: del?ta
Noun
delta
- delta (Greek letter)
Declension
Derived terms
- deltafunktio
- deltalihas
- deltasiipi
See also
- suisto
Anagrams
- dalet
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?l.ta/
Noun
delta m (plural delta or deltas)
- delta (Greek letter)
Noun
delta m (plural deltas)
- delta (geographical feature)
Further reading
- “delta” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).
Noun
delta m (plural deltas)
- delta (Greek letter)
- delta (landform at the mouth of a river)
Hungarian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?d?lt?]
- Hyphenation: del?ta
- Rhymes: -t?
Noun
delta (plural delták)
- delta (Greek letter)
- delta (landform at the mouth of a river)
Declension
Icelandic
Noun
delta f (genitive singular deltu, nominative plural deltur)
- delta (Greek letter)
Declension
Indonesian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?d?lta]
- Hyphenation: dèl?ta
Noun
delta
- delta,
- The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet ?, ?.
- (geography) A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.
Further reading
- “delta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: dèl?ta
Noun
delta m (invariable)
- delta (all senses)
Derived terms
- ala a delta
- deltaplano
Latvian
Noun
delta f (4th declension)
- delta (Greek letter)
- delta (landform at the mouth of a river)
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).
Noun
delta m (definite singular deltaen, indefinite plural deltaer, definite plural deltaene)
- the Greek letter ?, ? (delta)
Etymology 2
Noun
delta n (definite singular deltaet, indefinite plural delta or deltaer, definite plural deltaene)
- a river delta
Derived terms
- elvedelta
Etymology 3
From del (“part”) + ta (“take”); i.e. to take (a) part in something; to partake in something
Verb
delta (imperative delta, present tense deltar, passive deltas, simple past deltok, past participle deltatt, present participle deltakende)
- to participate; to partake
Related terms
- deltagelse, deltakelse
- deltager, deltaker
References
- “delta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From del (“part”) + ta (“take”); i.e. to take (a) part in something
Alternative forms
- deltaka, deltake (long forms)
Verb
delta (present tense deltek or deltar, past tense deltok, past participle delteke or deltatt, passive infinitive delteken, present participle deltakande, imperative delta)
- to participate
Related terms
- deltakar
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).
Noun
delta m (definite singular deltaen, indefinite plural deltaer or deltaar, definite plural deltaene or deltaane)
- the Greek letter ?, ? (delta)
Etymology 3
A specialized use of delta (Etymology 2).
Noun
delta n (definite singular deltaet, indefinite plural delta, definite plural deltaa)
- a river delta
Derived terms
- elvedelta
References
- “delta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?l.ta/
Noun
delta f
- delta
- (mathematics, colloquial) discriminant
Declension
Portuguese
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: del?ta
Noun
delta m (plural deltas)
- delta (Greek letter)
- delta (landform at the mouth of a river)
Derived terms
- asa-delta
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dêlta/
- Hyphenation: del?ta
Noun
d?lta f (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- delta, the Greek letter ?, ?
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?delta/, [?d?el?.t?a]
- Hyphenation: del?ta
Noun
delta f (plural deltas)
- Greek letter delta
Derived terms
Noun
delta m (plural deltas)
- (geography) a delta
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).
Noun
delta n
- the Greek letter ?, ? (delta)
- a river delta
Declension
Etymology 2
From del (“part”) + ta(ga) (“take”); i.e. to take (a) part in something
Alternative forms
- deltaga (dated)
Pronunciation
Verb
delta (present deltar, preterite deltog, supine deltagit, imperative delta)
- to participate
Conjugation
Related terms
- deltagare
Anagrams
- delat, talde
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English
Noun
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- plural of distributary
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