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Definition of Deltas

Deltas
Delta 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.
Delta
Delta 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.
Delta
Delta 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.

Meaning of Deltas from wikipedia

- Despite making comparisons to other river systems deltas, Herodotus did not describe them as "deltas". The Gr**** historian Polybius likened the land between...
- Look up DELTA, Delta, delta, deltas, Δ, or δ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Delta commonly refers to: Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), the fourth letter of...
- a green and silver enamel badge described as an "inverted Delta surrounded by three Deltas." A new member may also display a trident, which symbolizes...
- different serial number in the deltas in order to know how to extract a specific revision. A SCCS history file with one million deltas would thus need 100 MB...
- The San Francisco Deltas soccer team were led by CEO Colombian-born entrepreneur, Brian Andrés Helmick. On October 14, 2015, the Deltas got the final signatures...
- Delta Air Lines is a major airline in the United States headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the United States's oldest operating airline and the...
- 553–1,864 mi). The R-29s gave the Deltas much needed standoff distance; with a range of 7,700 km (4,785 mi) the Deltas were able to perform their deterrence...
- The Delta may refer to: The Niger Delta, an oil-rich region of Nigeria The Arkansas Delta, one of the six natural regions of the state of Arkansas The...
- Delta encoding is a way of storing or transmitting data in the form of differences (deltas) between sequential data rather than complete files; more generally...
- (stalling) at high angles of attack. Most deltas are cropped to at least some degree. In the compound delta, double delta or cranked arrow, the leading edge...