delta

See also: DELTA and Delta

English

Ancient Greek Alphabet
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Δ δ
Ancient Greek: δέλτα
Wikipedia article on delta
Lena River delta (landform at the mouth of a river).

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛltə/, [ˈdɛɫtə]
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛltə

Noun

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 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.
  8. A type of cargo bike that has one wheel in front and two in back.
  9. (electrical, often attributive) The 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
  10. (finance) The rate of change in an option value with respect to the underlying asset's price.
  11. (chemistry) A value in delta notation indicating the relative abundances of isotopes.

Hypernyms

  • (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (includes list of coordinate terms)

Derived terms

Translations

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See also

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

delta f (plural deltes)

  1. delta (Greek letter)

Noun

delta m (plural deltes)

  1. delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

delta f (plural deltes)

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

Derived terms

  • metall delta

Czech

Greek letter
Δδ Previous: gama
Next: epsilon

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta), which is probably of Semitic origin.[1]

Noun

delta n (indeclinable)

  1. Delta (Greek letter Δ).
  2. (physics) Kind of rays consisting of secondary electrons with enough energy to escape a significant distance away from the primary radiation beam and produce further ionization (delta ray).
  3. Having the shape of the Greek letter Δ.
    delta křídlo
    delta wing
Derived terms
  • deltový

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta). Originally used for the delta of the Nile, because its forked shape resembled the Greek letter Δ. The word is probably of Semitic origin.[1]

Noun

delta f

  1. (geography) delta (forked mouth of a river)

Declension

Anagrams

References

  1. 1 2 "delta" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 137.

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

delta n (singular definite deltaet, plural indefinite deltaer)

  1. a river delta
  2. delta (the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, Δ, δ.)

Declension

References

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛl.taː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: del‧ta

Noun

delta f (plural delta's, diminutive deltaatje n)

  1. The Greek letter delta.
  2. A river delta, a network of one or more rivers and tributaries pouring out into a larger body of water.
    Synonym: rivierdelta

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

  • estuarium

Derived terms

Finnish

(index d)

Greek letter
Δδ Previous: gamma
Next: epsilon

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeltɑ/
  • Hyphenation: del‧ta

Noun

delta

  1. delta (Greek letter)

Declension

Inflection of delta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative delta deltat
genitive deltan deltojen
partitive deltaa deltoja
illative deltaan deltoihin
singular plural
nominative delta deltat
accusative nom. delta deltat
gen. deltan
genitive deltan deltojen
deltainrare
partitive deltaa deltoja
inessive deltassa deltoissa
elative deltasta deltoista
illative deltaan deltoihin
adessive deltalla deltoilla
ablative deltalta deltoilta
allative deltalle deltoille
essive deltana deltoina
translative deltaksi deltoiksi
instructive — deltoin
abessive deltatta deltoitta
comitative — deltoineen

Derived terms

See also

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛl.ta/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

delta m (plural delta or deltas)

  1. delta (Greek letter)

Noun

delta m (plural deltas)

  1. delta (geographical feature)

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

delta m (plural deltas)

  1. delta (Greek letter)
  2. delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

Hungarian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɛltɒ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: del‧ta

Noun

delta (plural delták)

  1. delta (Greek letter)
  2. delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative delta delták
accusative deltát deltákat
dative deltának deltáknak
instrumental deltával deltákkal
causal-final deltáért deltákért
translative deltává deltákká
terminative deltáig deltákig
essive-formal deltaként deltákként
essive-modal — —
inessive deltában deltákban
superessive deltán deltákon
adessive deltánál deltáknál
illative deltába deltákba
sublative deltára deltákra
allative deltához deltákhoz
elative deltából deltákból
delative deltáról deltákról
ablative deltától deltáktól
Possessive forms of delta
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. deltám deltáim
2nd person sing. deltád deltáid
3rd person sing. deltája deltái
1st person plural deltánk deltáink
2nd person plural deltátok deltáitok
3rd person plural deltájuk deltáik

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: dèl‧ta

Noun

delta m (invariable)

  1. delta (all senses)

Derived terms

Latvian

Noun

delta f (4th declension)

  1. delta (Greek letter)
  2. delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

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

  1. the Greek letter Δ, δ (delta)

Etymology 2

Noun

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

  1. a river delta

Etymology 3

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

Verb

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

  1. to participate

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

delta m

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

Etymology 2

Noun

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

  1. a river delta

Etymology 3

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

Alternative forms

  • deltake

Verb

delta (present tense deltek or deltar, past tense deltok, past participle delteke or deltatt, passive infinitive delteken, present participle deltakande, imperative delta)

  1. to participate

References

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛl.ta/
  • audio(file)

Noun

delta f

  1. delta
  2. (mathematics, colloquial) discriminant

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈdɛɫ.tɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɛw.tɐ/
  • Hyphenation: del‧ta

Noun

delta m (plural deltas)

  1. delta (Greek letter)
  2. delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dêlta/
  • Hyphenation: del‧ta

Noun

dȅlta f (Cyrillic spelling де̏лта)

  1. delta, the Greek letter Δ, δ

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: del‧ta

Noun

delta f (plural deltas)

  1. Greek letter delta.

Noun

delta m (plural deltas)

  1. (geography) A delta.

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

delta n

  1. the Greek letter Δ, δ (delta)
  2. a river delta
Declension
Declension of delta 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative delta deltat deltan deltana
Genitive deltas deltats deltans deltanas

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • audio(file)

Verb

delta

  1. to participate
Conjugation
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