About The Word Delta
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Delta
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What's The Definition Of Delta?
[n] the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
[n] a low triangular area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water Synonyms | Synonyms for Delta: Related Terms | Find terms related to Delta: alkali flat | alluvial plain | basin | bill | bottomland | branch | breakwater | bushveld | campo | cape | champaign | champaign country | chersonese | coastal plain | coral reef | crotch | crutch | desert | down | downs | fan | fell | flat | flat country | flatland | flats | foreland | fork | furcula | furculum | grass veld | grassland | groin | head | headland | heath | hook | inguen | lande | level | llano | lowland | lowlands | lunar mare | mare | mesa | mesilla | moor | moorland | mull | naze | ness | offshoot | open country | pampa | pampas | peneplain | peninsula | plain | plains | plateau | playa | point | prairie | promontory | prong | ramification | reef | salt flat | salt marsh | salt pan | sandspit | savanna | sebkha | spit | spur | stem | steppe | table | tableland | tongue | tree veld | trident | tundra | upland | V | vega | veld | weald | wide-open spaces | wishbone | wold See Also | alphabetic character | formation | geological formation | geology | Greek alphabet | letter | letter of the alphabet Delta In Webster's Dictionary \Del"ta\, n.; pl. {Deltas}. [Gr. de`lta, the name of the
fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (the capital form of
which is [Delta], Eng. D), from the Ph[oe]nician name of the
corresponding letter. The Greeks called the alluvial deposit
at the mouth of the Nile, from its shape, the Delta of the
Nile.]
A tract of land shaped like the letter delta ([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.
\Del"ta\, n. 1. The fourth letter of the Greek alphabet ([Delta] [delta]), answering to {D}. Hence, an object having the shape of the capital [Delta]. 2. (Elec.) 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. |
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