delta

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English[edit]

Ancient Greek Alphabet

gamma
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epsilon
Δ δ
Ancient Greek: δέλτα
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Wikipedia

Lena River delta (landform at the mouth of a river).

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (delta).

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Noun[edit]

delta (plural deltas)

  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. The letter D in the ICAO spelling alphabet, which assigns words to letters of the alphabet.
  4. (mathematics) The symbol Δ.
  5. (computing, informal) A small but noticeable effect, compare with epsilon.
    This will slow the main code path down, but only by delta.
  6. (computing) The set of differences between two versions of a file.
    When you update the file, the system will only save the deltas.
  7. (surveying) The angle subtended at the center of a circular arc.

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Translations[edit]

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Noun[edit]

delta f (plural deltes)

  1. Delta; the Greek letter Δ (lowercase δ).
  2. (geography) A delta.

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Czech[edit]

Noun[edit]

delta n

  1. data (Greek letter)

Finnish[edit]

(index d)

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: del‧ta

Noun[edit]

delta

  1. delta (Greek letter)

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French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

delta m (invariable)

  1. delta (Greek letter)

Noun[edit]

delta m (plural deltas)

  1. delta (geographical feature)

Italian[edit]

Italian Wikipedia has articles on:

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Noun[edit]

delta m (invariable)

  1. delta (all senses)

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (delta).

Noun[edit]

delta m (definite singular deltaen; indefinite plural deltaer; definite plural deltaene)

  1. the Greek letter Δ, δ (delta)

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

delta n (definite singular deltaet; indefinite plural delta/deltaer; definite plural deltaa/deltaene)

  1. a river delta

Etymology 3[edit]

From del (part) + ta (take); i.e. to take (a) part in something

Verb[edit]

delta (present tense deltar; past tense deltok; past participle deltatt)

  1. to participate
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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (delta).

Noun[edit]

delta m

  1. the Greek letter Δ, δ (delta)
Inflection[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

delta n (definite singular deltaet; indefinite plural delta; definite plural deltaa)

  1. a river delta

Etymology 3[edit]

From del (part) + ta (take); i.e. to take (a) part in something

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

delta (present tense deltek/deltar; past tense deltok; past participle delteke/deltatt; passive infinitive deltast; present participle deltakande; imperative delta)

  1. to participate
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Polish[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

delta f

  1. delta
  2. (mathematics, colloquial) discriminant

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /dêlta/
  • Hyphenation: del‧ta

Noun[edit]

dȅlta f (Cyrillic spelling де̏лта)

  1. delta, the Greek letter Δ, δ

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Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

delta f (plural deltas)

  1. Greek letter delta.

Noun[edit]

delta m (plural deltas)

  1. A river delta.

Swedish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (delta).

Noun[edit]

delta n

  1. the Greek letter Δ, δ (delta)
  2. a river delta
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From del (part) + ta(ga) (take); i.e. to take (a) part in something

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

delta

  1. to participate
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