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deltas

deltas is the plural of delta.

Meaning of delta

Noun

delta (plural deltas)

  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.
    • Nile Delta
  3. The symbol Δ; A change in a quantity, likely from "d" for "difference".
    • ΔV - "delta vee"(change in velocity, used in rocketry and orbital mechanics)
  4. The rate of change in an option value with respect to the underlying asset's price.
  5. A value in delta notation indicating the relative abundances of isotopes.
  6. The set of differences between two versions of a file.
    • When you update the file, the system will only save the deltas.

See all 33 meanings of delta

Noun capitalized: DELTAs

DELTAs

  1. (plural) plural of DELTA

Phrases with deltas

Questions about deltas

What is deltas the plural of?
Deltas is the plural of delta.
What part of speech is deltas?
Deltas is a noun.

Words near deltas in the dictionary

  1. deltaproteobacterial
  2. deltaproteobacterium
  3. deltaretroviral
  4. deltaretrovirus
  5. deltaretroviruses
  6. deltas
  7. deltasatellite
  8. deltasatellites
  9. deltate
  10. deltates
  11. deltatheroidan

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