Delta
WordNet

noun


(1)   The 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
(2)   A low triangular area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
WiktionaryText

Noun



  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. 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. The symbol Δ.
  6. A small but noticeable effect, compare with epsilon.
    This will slow the main code path down, but only by delta.
  7. The set of differences between two versions of a file.
    When you update the file, the system will only save the deltas.
  8. The angle subtended at the center of a circular arc.
 
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