Definitions for Delta

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Delta del·ta

Spelling: [del-tuh]

IPA: /ˈdɛl tə/

Delta is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in Delta (adelt).

Definitions for Delta

noun

1. the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
2. the consonant sound represented by this letter.
3. the fourth in a series of items.
4. anything triangular, like the Greek capital delta (Δ).
5. Mathematics. an incremental change in a variable, as Δ or δ.
6. a nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river, often, though not necessarily, triangular:
7. (usually initial capital letter) a word used in communications to represent the letter D.
8. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. a star that is usually the fourth brightest of a constellation:
9. the NATO name for a class of Soviet nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine armed with 16 multi-warhead missiles.

Origin of Delta

1350-1400; Middle English deltha Latin delta Greek délta; akin to Hebrew dāleth

Examples for Delta

He was exiled at the age of 30 to Tomi, a town south of the delta of the Danube.

The Karens are numerically the strongest and live in the delta of the Irrawaddy.

When Tonie Tobias started at delta in 1996 she was shy and closeted.

delta was a sponsor of the HRC dinner here in Atlanta and I went and met her there.

I told them the story about how delta helped her propose to me in the middle of the international terminal here at delta.

The oval between the river and the hills to the East is known as the "delta."

It was because of delta that I actually started helping out in the community, volunteering.

It empties into the Caspian Sea, with a delta of more than seventy branches.

The delta records a benefit given him at the theatre in 1854.

Companies like delta, Apple, and Nike flex their political muscle on behalf of gay rights.