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delta — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • delta noun The fan-shaped area of low, often marshy land where a river splits into channels before reaching the sea.

Senses

delta is used for these senses in English:

  • delta A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.
  • delta (computing, informal) A small but noticeable effect. Compare epsilon.
  • delta (electrical, often, attributive) The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, especially in a three-phase system.

delta — full definition

  1. noun The fan-shaped area of low, often marshy land where a river splits into channels before reaching the sea.
  2. noun The fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, or, by extension, a small change or difference between two values.

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