DELTA
\dˈɛltə], \dˈɛltə], \d_ˈɛ_l_t_ə]\
Definitions of DELTA
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A tract of land shaped like the letter delta , especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between two or more mouths of a river; as, the delta of the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi.
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The fourth letter of the Greek alphabet ( ), answering to D.
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an object having the shape of the capital .
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The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, esp. in a three-phase system; - often used attributively, as delta winding, delta connection (which see), etc.
By Oddity Software
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A tract of land shaped like the letter delta , especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between two or more mouths of a river; as, the delta of the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi.
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The fourth letter of the Greek alphabet ( ), answering to D.
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an object having the shape of the capital .
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The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, esp. in a three-phase system; - often used attributively, as delta winding, delta connection (which see), etc.
By Noah Webster.
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A deposit of sand or soil, shaped like the Greek letter delta, formed at the mouth of a river; as, the Nile River forms a delta.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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