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deltic

deltic adjective: synonym of deltaic.

Adjective

deltic (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of deltaic.
    Synonyms:
    deltaic

Noun capitalized: Deltic

Deltic (plural Deltics)

  1. (UK) A British Rail Class 55 locomotive.

Synonyms of deltic

Forms of deltic

pluralDeltics

Origin of deltic

From delta + -ic.

Named for the deltic (“Δ-shaped”) arrangement of cylinders in its engines.

Words formed from deltic

Questions about deltic

What does deltic mean?
Deltic means synonym of deltaic.
What part of speech is deltic?
Deltic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near deltic in the dictionary

  1. deltatheroidans
  2. deltatsine
  3. delthyria
  4. delthyrial
  5. delthyrium
  6. deltic
  7. deltic acid
  8. Deltics
  9. deltidia
  10. deltidial
  11. deltidiodont

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deltic (page history and authors); Deltic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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