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delta
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delta—Alternative letter-case form of Delta of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
/ˈdɛltə/, [ˈdɛɫtə]
Origin
From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta), borrowed from a Phoenician word for "door", ultimately from Proto-Semitic *dalt-. Doublet of dalet. * (river): from the triangular shape of the majuscule Greek letter delta Δ * (USSF): from the delta wing, symbol of the USSF, a triangular wing, shaped like the majuscule Greek letter delta Δ
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.“Nile Delta”
- alt-ofAlternative letter-case form of Delta from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- The symbol Δ; A change in a quantity, likely from "d" for "difference".“ΔV - "delta vee"(change in velocity, used in rocketry and orbital mechanics)”
- 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.“When you update the file, the system will only save the deltas.”
- informalA small but noticeable effect. Compare epsilon.“This will slow the main code path down, but only by delta.”
- 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.
- attributive, oftenThe closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, especially in a three-phase system.“delta winding; delta connection; delta current”
- Space-Force, USA 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)
- abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsisEllipsis of delta variant (variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus).
- The Delta variant of COVID-19.“Delta is moderately resistant to vaccines, particularly in people who have received just a single dose.”
- abbreviation, acronym, alt-ofAcronym 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.“Turingery worked on deltaed key to produce the deltaed contribution of the chi-wheels. Turing's discovery that delta-ing would reveal information otherwise hidden was essential to the developments tha”
- To compare two versions of the same file in order to determine where they differ (where a programmer has made edits).“The primary function of this command is to delta the product version file (if it has been retrieved for edit). However, prior to deltaing the product version file, the work source tree is searched to ”
name
- 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.“The xʷəxʷilməxʷ (Indigenous Peoples) recognized how the meeting of the təməxʷ (land), stal̓əw̓ (river), and k̓ʷaƛ̓k̓ʷa (sea) could provide an abundance of access to seasonal resources, as well as prov”
- 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.
Formsdeltas(plural) · deltas(present, singular, third-person) · deltaing(participle, present) · deltaed(participle, past) · deltaed(past) · DELTAs(plural)
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