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Δ δ   –   Greek: δέλτα
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From Ancient Greek δέλτα (delta).

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Singular
delta

Plural
deltas

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. (phonetics) δ In the IPA, the symbol that represents the voiced dental fricative, the hard th in the English word father; frequently represented by the Icelandic eth (ð).
  5. (mathematics) The symbol Δ.
  6. (computing, informal) A small but noticeable effect, compare with epsilon.
    This will slow the main code path down, but only by delta.
  7. (computing) The set of differences between two versions of a file.
    When you update the file, the system will only save the deltas.
  8. (surveying) The angle subtended at the center of a circular arc.

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delta f. (plural deltes)

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

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  • Hyphenation: del‧ta

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delta

  1. delta (Greek letter)

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delta m. inv.

  1. delta (all senses)

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delta f. (plural deltas)

Singular
delta f.

Plural
deltas f.

  1. Greek letter delta.

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delta m. (plural deltas)

Singular
delta m.

Plural
deltas m.

  1. A river delta.

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (delta).

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delta

  1. Delta; the Greek letter Δ,δ

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Inflection for delta Singular Plural
neuter Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative delta deltat delta deltan
Genitive deltas deltats deltas deltans

delta n.

  1. river delta

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

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Conjugations of delta
Infinitive delta
Present tense deltar
Past tense deltog
Supine deltagit
Imperative delta
Present participle deltagande
Past participle deltagen

delta (archaic: deltaga)

  1. participate

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