English Explanatory Dictionary

delta

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ.
  2. A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Delta from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
  4. The symbol Δ; A change in a quantity, likely from "d" for "difference".
  5. The rate of change in an option value with respect to the underlying asset's price.
  6. A value in delta notation indicating the relative abundances of isotopes.
  7. The set of differences between two versions of a file.
  8. A small but noticeable effect. Compare epsilon.
  9. The angle subtended at the center of a circular arc.
  10. A type of cargo bike that has one wheel in front and two in back.
  11. The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, especially in a three-phase system.
  12. A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF operations wing, or an army regiment.
verb
  1. To calculate the differences between the characters in an enciphered text and the characters a fixed number of positions previous.
  2. To compare two versions of the same file in order to determine where they differ (where a programmer has made edits).
name
  1. A state of Nigeria in the South South geopolitical zone. Capital: Asaba. Largest city: Warri.
  2. A municipality in Central Macedonia, Greece.
  3. A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
  4. A municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
  5. A village in Ontario, Canada.
  6. A number of places in the United States:
  7. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Clay County, Alabama.
  8. A city and home rule municipality, the county seat of Delta County, Colorado.
  9. An unincorporated community in Saline County, Illinois.
  10. A city in Keokuk County, Iowa.
  11. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Kentucky.
  12. A village in Madison Parish, Louisiana.
noun
  1. The Delta variant of COVID-19.
noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɛltə/ [ˈdɛɫtə] En-us-delta.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Delta.wav

Word forms

delta deltas deltaing deltaed

Etymology

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

Synonyms

garrison

Related words

deltoid CELTA

Derived words

antidelta correlation delta delta acid delta arrowhead delta blues delta cell delta connection deltacoronavirus Delta County deltacron delta decay delta female deltaform delta glider delta hinge deltaic delta iron deltal delta male delta metal delta particle delta ray delta-sigma converter delta strain deltate delta test delta time delta timing delta-v delta variant delta wing deltic Dirac delta Dirac delta function hepatitis delta virus inverted river delta Kronecker delta lava delta nondelta prodelta sigma-delta converter stimulus delta subdelta theta-delta Delta Island
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