Delta

['deltə] or ['dɛltə]

Definition

(noun.) the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet.

(noun.) a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water; 'the Mississippi River delta'; 'the Nile delta'.

(noun.) an object shaped like an equilateral triangle.

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Definition

(n.) A tract of land shaped like the letter 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.

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Definition

n. the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet the capital form of which is Δ: a tract of land of like shape formed at the mouth of a river.—n. Deltaficā′tion the process of forming a delta.—adj. Del′toid of the form of the Greek Δ: triangular.—Delta metal a hard alloy of copper zinc and iron—the three metals symbolised by the triangular shape; Deltoid muscle the large triangular muscle of the shoulder.

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