Delta

1 Abbreviations
2 Places
3 Science and technology
4 Companies and products
5 Entertainment and fiction
6 Miscellanea

Delta most commonly refers to:

Delta (letter), the letter Δ or δ in the Greek alphabet, also used as a mathematical symbol
River delta, a landform at the mouth of a river

Delta also has the following meanings:

Abbreviations

DELTA (ELT), an advanced diploma in English language teaching
DELTA (taxonomy), the DEscription Language for TAxonomy

Places

Canada

Delta, British Columbia (the town located immediately south of the Fraser River delta)
- Delta (provincial electoral district)
- Delta (electoral district), a federal electoral district

Nigeria

Delta State, Nigeria

United States

Science and technology

Astronomy and physics

Delta baryon, a subatomic particle with spin 3/2
In Bayer designation, one of the stars in a constellation (e. Delta (uppercase Δ, lowercase δ; Δέλτα Thelta is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. A delta is a Landform where the mouth of a River flows into an Ocean, Sea, Estuary, Lake or another river DELTA, the Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults, is a professional qualification in English language teaching awarded by Cambridge Assessment DELTA (DEscription Language for TAxonomy is a data format used in taxonomy, for recording descriptions of living things Delta is a district municipality in British Columbia, and forms part of Metro Vancouver. Delta was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia based on the municipality of Delta at the mouth of the For the current|defunct federal|provincial electoral district see Delta (electoral district ---> Delta was a federal electoral district in Geography The state borders Edo State, Ondo State, Imo State, Rivers State, Anambra State and Bayelsa State. The City of Delta is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Delta County, Colorado, United Delta is a city in Keokuk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 410 at the 2000 census Delta is a village in Madison Parish, Louisiana, United States. Delta is a city in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. Delta is a village in Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2930 at the 2000 census. Delta is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. Delta is a city in Millard County, Utah, United States. The population was 3209 at the 2000 census. Delta is a town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. Delta Charter Township, officially known as the Charter Township of Delta and commonly known as simply Delta Township, is a Charter township of Eaton Delta County is the 17th most populous of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. Delta County is a county in the US state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the Population was 38520 Delta County is a County located in the US state of Texas. In 2000 its population was 5327 The Delta baryons are relatively light ( Baryons made of only up (u and down (d Quarks of Isospin 3/2 and spin 3/2 whose ground state parity A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's g. , Delta Cygni)
Delta-v, a term used in astrodynamics for the total 'effort' to change from one space trajectory to another

Aeronautics

Delta wing
Delta rocket, a family of launch vehicles
Delta Formation (Aircraft), a formation flying manoeuvre in the shape of a V

Earth sciences

Delta switching, the process by which some rivers change their course near their deltas
River delta, a landform at the mouth of a river
Tropical Storm Delta (2005)

Mathematics and computer science

DELTA (VMS), a debugger used in the VMS operating system
Δ often denotes a difference; δ can represent a small change or amount
In elementary set theory and Boolean algebras, Δ usually denotes the symmetric difference
An inverted delta ( $\nabla$ ), known as del or nabla, is used as a vector differential operator
Kronecker delta, a function of two variables which is 1 when they are equal
Dirac delta function, a distribution used as an approximation for a spike function
Delta encoding, a technique in computer communications and version-control
In formal fuzzy logic, Δ denotes a unary connective representing the full truth of a proposition (often called Baaz Delta connective)
Δ indicates a change of state between two before and after state schemas in the Z notation

Mathematical finance

One of the Greeks used in option and derivatives pricing representing the rate of change of the option price with respect to changes in the underlying price

Medicine

Single use of Delta (Δ) is an abbreviation for the Diagnosis of a patient
Double use of Delta (ΔΔ) is an abbreviation for the Differential diagnosis of a patient

Military

Delta Force, a U. In Astrodynamics, the term delta-v, literally "change in velocity" (see symbol delta) has a specific meaning it is a Scalar which takes The delta wing is a Wing Planform in the form of a triangle named after the Greek uppercase delta which is a triangle (Δ Delta is a family of Expendable launch systems that have provided space launch capability in the United States since 1960 Delta Formation is a formation flying manoeuvre in the shape of a V Delta switching, also known as avulsion, is the process by which some rivers - such as the Mississippi River - change their course near their deltas A delta is a Landform where the mouth of a River flows into an Ocean, Sea, Estuary, Lake or another river Tropical Storm Delta was a late-forming tropical storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season which struck the Canary Islands as a strong Extratropical storm In Mathematics, a difference operator maps a function, f ( x) to another function f ( x + a) &minus f ( x In Mathematics, the symmetric difference of two sets is the set of elements which are in one of the sets but not in both &nablaDel Nabla is the Symbol \nabla The name comes from the Greek word for a Hebrew Harp, which had a similar shape A vector operator is a type of Differential operator used in Vector calculus. In Mathematics, the Kronecker delta or Kronecker's delta, named after Leopold Kronecker ( 1823 - 1891) is a function of two The Dirac delta or Dirac's delta is a mathematical construct introduced by the British theoretical physicist Paul Dirac. Delta encoding is a way of storing or transmitting Data in the form of differences between sequential data rather than complete files Fuzzy logic is a form of Multi-valued logic derived from Fuzzy set theory to deal with Reasoning that is approximate rather than precise The Z notation (formally zɛd named after Zermelo-Fränkel set theory, is a formal Specification language used for describing and modeling computing systems Diagnosis is the identification by Process of elimination, of the nature of anything A differential diagnosis (sometimes abbreviated DDx, ddx For the computer game see Delta Force (video game. For the movie see The Delta Force (film. S. Army special force
Beredskapstroppen, a Norwegian special police forces team
Delta class submarine, a Soviet / Russian SSBN submarine series (NATO reporting name)

Companies and products

Delta Air Lines, a major U. Beredskapstroppen, nicknamed Delta, is a specialized Police unit situated in Oslo, Norway. Project 6667B submarines ( NATO reporting name Delta are Soviet -built strategic nuclear missile Submarines designed to threaten targets in the Delta Air Lines Inc ( is a United States Airline based and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. S. airline
Delta (computer), a Russian ZX Spectrum clone
Delta Dental, an American dental plan system
Delta Faucet Company, a plumbing fixtures company
Delta Holding, an import-export, banking, insurance and retail corporation in Serbia
Delta Hotels, a Canadian hotel chain
Delta Machinery, a stationary power tools and equipment company
Delta Motor Corporation, a South African car manufacturer owned by General Motors
Delta robot, a specialized type of robot
GM Delta platform, a compact car automobile platform from General Motors
Ilford Delta, a photographic film
Lancia Delta, a rally car made by the Italian company Lancia
Enfield Cables Ltd, a cable manufacturer

Entertainment and fiction

Delta (album), a 2007 studio album by Delta Goodrem
Delta-S, an industrial band from Camarillo, California
Delta (computer game), a 1987 horizontally-scrolling shooter computer game
Delta (TV series), a 1992 TV series starring Delta Burke
Delta Halo, Halo Installation #5 in the Halo Universe
Delta FM, a UK radio station
Delta Quadrant, a quadrant of the Milky Way Galaxy depicted in Star Trek
Delta Squad, the player's team in Star Wars: Republic Commando
Delta, a codename used by Jason Bourne in the fiction series The Bourne Identity
E-103 Delta, a robot in E-Series (Sonic the Hedgehog)
R·Type Delta, the fourth R-Type game in the series
EX Delta Species, a Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion
Delta Flyer, a shuttle craft in the Star Trek TV series Voyager
Kamen Rider Delta, a Kamen Rider that appeared in the Japanese TV series Kamen Rider 555
Space Patrol Delta, a fictional organization from the Power Rangers universe
The Delta Megazord (shaped like a capital Δ) is a zord in Power Rangers in Space

Miscellanea

Delta waves, a low level EEG reading associated with sleep
Delta Works, a flood-protection works in the Netherlands
A form of tricycle having two wheels in back and one wheel in front
The refractory section in the roof of an electric arc furnace (EAF) through which one or more electrodes enter
Delta, a quadra group used in socionics

The following is a list of clones of Sinclair Research 's ZX Spectrum Home computer: Official clones The only official clones of the Delta Dental is the largest dental plan system in the United States. Delta Faucet Company is an American Manufacturer of Faucets It is a Subsidiary of Masco Corporation. Delta Holding is the fourth largest company in Serbia. The company was founded in Belgrade. Delta Hotels is a chain of 41 Hotels and resorts across Canada. Delta Machinery manufactures several lines of power tools Delta's history began with its founding as the "Delta Specialty Company" in 1919 by Herbert Tautz Delta Motor Corporation was a South African car manufacturer which was created through a management buy-out after General Motors (GM divested from South Africa A Delta robot is a type of Parallel robot. It consists of three arms connected to Universal joints at the base Delta is General Motors ' compact Front-wheel drive Automobile and Crossover SUV platform, a successor to the Delta is a tabular-grain Black-and-white film from Ilford Photo. Lancia Delta S4The Lancia Delta is a Small family car produced by Italian automaker Lancia with the first generation being produced between 1979 and 1994 the second Delta is the third Studio album by Australian singer Delta Goodrem. Delta-S is a Christian industrial / Progressive trance band formed in Camarillo California in 1995 Delta is a horizontally-scrolling shooter Computer game originally released for the Commodore 64 by Thalamus Ltd in 1987 Delta is a short-lived US television sitcom series produced by ABC starring Delta Burke. Halos are fictional Megastructures and Superweapons in the Halo video game series Delta Radio is a United Kingdom local radio station Broadcasting to East Hampshire, Southwest Surrey and Northwest Sussex from its In the television series Star Trek and its spin-offs Galactic quadrant refers to an area of the Milky Way Galaxy (although it's apparently no longer called Delta Squad is the designation of a group of fictional specialized clones in George Lucas 's Science fiction saga R-Type Delta is a horizontally scrolling shooter Video game.Released only on the PlayStation, this is the fourth game in the R-Type This is a list of expansion sets for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. The Delta Flyer is a shuttlecraft attached to the USS Voyager in the Science fiction Television series Star Trek Voyager is a fictional suit of high-tech Power armor seen in the 2003-2004 Japanese Television series Kamen Rider 555. Space Patrol Delta, often abbreviated to SPD, is a Fictional Organization from the Power Rangers universe appearing in the Television Power Rangers in Space (often abbreviated as PRiS or referred to as simply In Space) is a Television show that aired in 1998 as the A delta wave is a high Amplitude Brain wave with a frequency of 1-4 Hertz which can be recorded with an electroencephalogram (EEG and The Deltaworks are a series of constructions built between 1950 and 1997 in the southwest of The Netherlands to protect a large area of land around the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt A tricycle (often abbreviated to trike) is a three-wheeled vehicle An electric arc furnace (EAF is a Furnace that heats charged material by means of an Electric arc. Socionics (соционика is a theory of information processing that incorporates elements of Carl Jung 's work on Psychological Types, Freud 's

Dictionary

-noun

The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ.
A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.
The letter D in the ICAO spelling alphabet, which assigns words to letters of the alphabet.
(phonetics) 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).
(mathematics) The symbol Δ.
(computing, informal) A small but noticeable effect, compare with epsilon.
(computing) The set of differences between two versions of a file.
(surveying) The angle subtended at the center of a circular arc.

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