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Definition: Delta |
DeltaNoun1. A low triangular area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water. 2. The 4th letter of the Greek alphabet. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "delta" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references) |
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Computing | Delta n. 1. [techspeak] A quantitative change, especially a small or incremental one (this use is general in physics and engineering). "I just doubled the speed of my program!" "What was the delta on program size?" "About 30 percent." (He doubled the speed of his program, but increased its size by only 30 percent.) 2. [Unix] A diff, especially a diff stored under the set of version-control tools called SCCS (Source Code Control System) or RCS (Revision Control System). 3. n. A small quantity, but not as small as epsilon. The jargon usage of delta and epsilon stems from the traditional use of these letters in mathematics for very small numerical quantities, particularly in `epsilon-delta' proofs in limit theory (as in the differential calculus). The term delta is often used, once epsilon has been mentioned, to mean a quantity that is slightly bigger than epsilon but still very small. "The cost isn't epsilon, but it's delta" means that the cost isn't totally negligible, but it is nevertheless very small. Common constructions include `within delta of --', `within epsilon of --': that is, `close to' and `even closer to'. Source: Jargon File. |
Building & Civil Engineering | A term used in some countries, equivalent to duty of water when the latter is expressed in water-depth units and refers to irrigation projects under operation. It is stated with reference to the place at which it is measured or reckoned i. e. "delta at farm", "delta at outlet", "head of watercourse, or lateral head", "delta at distributary head", " delta at head of main canal" Source: European Union. (references) |
Energy | A difference in temperature. Often used in thecontext of the difference between the design indoor temperature and the outdoortemperature. (references) |
Finance | The factor by which an option price varies in relation to the price of the investment or asset into which it is convertible ; the expected change in an option price as a proportion of a small change in the price of the instrument underlying the option. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geological | A fan-shaped deposit that forms where a stream enters a lake or ocean and drops its load of sediment. (references) |
Hydrologic | An alluvial deposit, often in the shape of the Greek letter "delta", which is formed where a stream drops its debris load on entering a body of quieter water. (references) |
Literature | Delta The island formed at the mouth of a river, which usually assumes a triangular form, like the Greek letter () called delta; as the delta of the Nile, the delta of the Danube, Rhine, Ganges, Indus, Niger, Mississippi, Po, and so on. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Public Administration | Triangular or delta-shaped section of the coast where the river meets the sea, characterized by alluvial fertile deposits and water channels. Source: European Union. (references) |
Science | The fan-shaped area at the mouth or lower end of a river, formed by eroded material that has been carried downstream and dropped in quantities larger than can be carried off by tides or currents. (references) |
Statistics | A value used in referring to power tables that combines gamma and the sample size. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Delta can stand for:
Cities, villages and counties called Delta:
- Δ or δ, a letter of the Greek alphabet. See delta (letter)
- A kind of area positioned at the end of a river, roughly in shape of Δ. See river delta.
- An airline company, see Delta Airlines
- The letter D in the NATO phonetic alphabet
- A female in police CB code. (Alpha represents a male)
- A type of connection in three phase electrical wiring.
See also:
- Delta, Colorado
- Delta, Iowa
- Delta, Louisiana
- Delta, Missouri
- Delta, Ohio
- Delta, Pennsylvania
- Delta, Wisconsin
- Delta, Nigeria
- Big Delta, Alaska
- Delta Charter Township, Michigan
- Delta County, Colorado
- Delta County, Michigan
- Delta County, Texas
- Delta-wing
- Dirac delta function
- Delta encoding
- Delta modulation
- the Delta Works
- Delta rocket
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Delta (upper case Δ, lower case δ) is the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals is has a value of 4.
In mathematics and science, delta is used with a variable to indicate a change in the value of that variable. Usually, an upper case delta (e.g. Δx) is used for large or macroscopic changes, and a lower case delta (e.g. δx) is for small or microscopic changes.
The lower-case letter δ is used in proofreading to indicate deletion. The usage is said to date back to classical times.
The term river delta is named after the letter delta because it has roughly the shape of the upper-case delta.
See also:
- Alpha - Beta - Gamma - Delta - Epsilon - Digamma - Zeta - Eta - Theta - Iota - Kappa - Lambda - Mu - Nu - Xi - Omicron - Pi - San - Qoppa - Rho - Sigma - Tau - Upsilon - Phi - Chi - Psi - Omega - Sampi
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Delta Air Lines is a US based airline company. Delta flies both domestic and international, servicing a large number of airports within the USA. It has the IATA call code DL.
The company has its roots in Huff Daland Dusters, which was founded in 1924, and through a number of mergers and acquisitions became the company it is today.
Delta operates Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as its chief hub, as well as hubs in Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport in Hebron, Kentucky, near Cincinnati, Ohio and Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Delta is based in Atlanta, Georgia, where it moved its headquarters in 1941.
Delta Air Lines currently employ more than 60000 people, and services 428 cities in 76 countries. Among the cities and places they serve: Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, various destinations in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India, many European cities, Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil and Narita, Japan's New Tokyo International Airport (nearby Tokyo, Japan)
Delta is part of the SkyTeam alliance, and codeshares with SNCF French Rail to rail stations in France.
On the morning of August 2, 1985, Delta Air Lines Flight 191, which was on a Fort Lauderdale-Dallas-Los Angeles route, crashed at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, killing 136 of the 167 passengers on board. The crash would later become the subject of a television movie.
On August 31, 1988, Delta Air Lines Flight 1411, which was bound from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport near Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas to Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt Lake City, Utah, crashed after take off from Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. 2 of 7 crew members and 12 of the 101 passengers on board lost their lives.
If Operation Bojinka wasn't discovered after an aprtment fire in Manila, Philippines, then the airline would have lost one aircraft over the Pacific Ocean flying a route to East Asia and Southeast Asia on January 21, 1995.
Delta Air Lines Fleet
Delta Air Lines Fleet Type Number Boeing 737-200 52 Boeing 737-300 26 Boeing 737-800 71 Boeing 757-200 121 Boeing 767-200 15 Boeing 767-300 28 Boeing 767-300ER 59 Boeing 767-400ER 21 Boeing 777-200 8 MD-11 14 MD-88 120 MD-90 (DC-9) 16 ATR-72 19 CRJ-100/200 226 CRJ-700 33
Other facts of interest
- Delta was named official airline to Disney World in 1985.
- Boxer Felix Trinidad was pictured aboard the cockpit of a Delta jetliner after it landed in San Juan, upon return from his fight against Oscar De La Hoya.
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The Delta blues is one of the earliest styles of blues music. Born in southern Mississippi, Delta blues was first recorded in the late-1920s. String instruments (such as the slide guitar) and harmonicas dominated the music, while the vocals were passionate and fiery. Recorded delta blues is mostly one person singing and playing instruments, though bands were more common in performances. Delta blues spread out across the country, giving rise to a host of regional variations, including Chicago and Detroit blues.
- Big Boy Crudup
- Big Joe Williams
- Bukka White
- Charley Patton
- David Honeyboy Edwards
- Earl Hooker
- Ishman Bracey
- Geechie Temple
- John Lee Hooker
- Johnny Shines
- Mike Cross
- Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Muddy Waters
- Paul Pena
- R.L. Burnside
- Robert Johnson
- Robert Lockwood Jr
- Tommy Johnson
- Tommy McClennan
- Sam Chatmon
- Skip James
- Son House
- Sunnyland Slim
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Delta Motor Corporation is a South African car manufacturer, which was created through a management buy-out after General Motors divested from South Africa in 1986.It assembles Opel, Isuzu and Suzuki models for sale in South Africa and for export to other right hand drive markets in the region. It also imports and services other GM models.
External link
- Delta Motor Corporation
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The delta-wing is a wing planform in the form of a large triangle. Its use was pioneered by Alexander Lippisch prior to WWII in Germany, but none of his designs entered service. After the war the delta became the favoured design for high-speed use, and was used almost to exclusion of other planforms by Convair in the United States and Dassault in France. In early use delta-winged aircraft were often found with no other horizontal control surfaces, creating a tailless design, but most modern versions use a canard in front of the wing to modify the airflow over it, most notably during lower altitude flight.The primary advantage of the design is that the wing's leading edge remains behind the shock wave generated by the nose of the aircraft when flying at supersonic speeds, which was a distinct improvement on traditional wing designs. Another advantage is that as the angle of attack increases the leading edge of the wing generates a huge vortex which remains attached to the upper surface of the wing, making the delta have very high stall points. The combination of these two features is a dream come true, a normal wing built for high speed use is typically dangerous at low speeds, but in this regime the delta transitions to a mode of lift based on the vortex it generates.
Lippisch studied a number of ramjet powered (sometimes coal-fueled!) delta-wing interceptor aircraft during the war, one progressing as far as a glider prototype. After the war Lippisch was taken to the US, where he ended up working at Convair. Here the other engineers became very interested in his interceptor designs, and started work on a larger version known as the F-92. This project was eventually cancelled as impractical, but a prototype flying testbed was almost complete by that point, and was later flown widely as the XF-92. The design generated intense interest around the world. Soon almost every aircraft design, notably interceptors, were designed around a delta-wing. Examples include the Convair B-58 Hustler, the Avro Arrow and the MiG-21.
Deltas fell out of favour due to some undesirable characteristics, notably flow-separation at high angles of attack (swept-wings have similar problems), and high drag at low altitudes. This limited them primarily to the high-speed, high-altitude interceptor roles. A modification, the compound delta, added another much more highly swept delta wing in front of the main one, to create the vortex in a more controlled fashion and thereby reduce the low-speed drag.
As the performance of jet engines grew, fighers with more traditional planforms found they could perform almost as well as the deltas, but do so while maneuvering much harder and at a wider range of altitudes. Today a remnant of the compound delta can be found on most fighter aircraft, in the form of leading edge extensions. These are effectively very small delta wings placed so they remain out of the airflow in cruising flight, but start to generate a vortex at high angles of attack. The vortex is then captured on the top of the wing to provide additional lift, thereby combining the delta's high-alpha "trick" with a conventional highly efficient wing planform.
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Delta District Municipality in British Columbia. Located south of Vancouver, on the United States border, at the mouth of the Fraser River. Population (2001 Census): 96,950
Demographics (according to Statistics Canada 2001 census)
Growth Rate (1996-2001): 1.6%
Total Private Dwellings: 33366
Area: 183.78 sq. km.
Density: 527.5 people per sq. km.
Mayor: Lois Jackson
Surrounding Municipalities:
Richmond, British Columbia
Surrey, British ColumbiaSource: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Delta, British Columbia."
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Delta is a city located in Delta County, Colorado. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 6,400. It is the county seat of Delta County6.Geography
Delta is located at 38°44'27" North, 108°3'48" West (38.740879, -108.063423)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 14.3 km² (5.5 mi²). 13.8 km² (5.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 3.62% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 6,400 people, 2,569 households, and 1,741 families residing in the city. The population density is 464.5/km² (1,203.3/mi²). There are 2,749 housing units at an average density of 199.5/km² (516.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 86.25% White, 0.20% African American, 0.89% Native American, 0.39% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 9.94% from other races, and 2.33% from two or more races. 22.53% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 2,569 households out of which 31.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.1% are married couples living together, 12.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 32.2% are non-families. 28.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 15.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.45 and the average family size is 3.02. In the city the population is spread out with 27.2% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 24.1% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 20.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 89.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 85.5 males. The median income for a household in the city is $27,415, and the median income for a family is $34,798. Males have a median income of $30,658 versus $20,383 for females. The per capita income for the city is $14,369. 14.4% of the population and 9.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 22.0% are under the age of 18 and 10.6% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Delta, Colorado."
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Delta is a city located in Keokuk County, Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 410.Geography
Delta is located at 41°19'27" North, 92°19'46" West (41.324112, -92.329481)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²). 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 410 people, 172 households, and 99 families residing in the city. The population density is 158.3/km² (410.6/mi²). There are 191 housing units at an average density of 73.7/km² (191.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 98.29% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.22% from other races, and 0.49% from two or more races. 1.71% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 172 households out of which 26.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.6% are married couples living together, 7.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 42.4% are non-families. 35.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 19.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.38 and the average family size is 3.09. In the city the population is spread out with 26.8% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 19.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 83.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 88.7 males. The median income for a household in the city is $27,019, and the median income for a family is $30,417. Males have a median income of $27,500 versus $18,333 for females. The per capita income for the city is $14,516. 25.4% of the population and 20.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 33.6% are under the age of 18 and 22.4% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Delta, Iowa."
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Delta is a village located in Madison Parish, Louisiana. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 239.Geography
Delta is located at 32°19'17" North, 90°56'12" West (32.321342, -90.936544)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 8.1 km² (3.1 mi²). 7.7 km² (3.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 4.81% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 239 people, 101 households, and 62 families residing in the village. The population density is 31.0/km² (80.2/mi²). There are 111 housing units at an average density of 14.4/km² (37.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 94.98% White, 2.51% African American, 0.42% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.42% from other races, and 1.67% from two or more races. 3.35% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 101 households out of which 32.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% are married couples living together, 8.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 38.6% are non-families. 33.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 12.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.37 and the average family size is 3.00. In the village the population is spread out with 25.9% under the age of 18, 12.6% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there are 82.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 86.3 males. The median income for a household in the village is $29,750, and the median income for a family is $33,214. Males have a median income of $37,708 versus $18,929 for females. The per capita income for the village is $15,346. 12.5% of the population and 9.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 14.6% are under the age of 18 and 38.9% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Delta, Louisiana."
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Delta is a city located in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 517.Geography
Delta is located at 37°11'51" North, 89°44'20" West (37.197371, -89.738757)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.1 km² (0.4 mi²). 1.1 km² (0.4 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 517 people, 204 households, and 136 families residing in the city. The population density is 453.7/km² (1,175.0/mi²). There are 222 housing units at an average density of 194.8/km² (504.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 99.23% White, 0.00% African American, 0.39% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.39% from two or more races. 0.58% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 204 households out of which 35.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.9% are married couples living together, 9.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% are non-families. 29.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.53 and the average family size is 3.16. In the city the population is spread out with 25.5% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 93.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 83.3 males. The median income for a household in the city is $25,417, and the median income for a family is $39,250. Males have a median income of $23,750 versus $15,938 for females. The per capita income for the city is $13,622. 17.1% of the population and 13.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 17.2% are under the age of 18 and 25.6% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Delta, Missouri."
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Delta is a village located in Fulton County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 2,930.Geography
Delta is located at 41°34'30" North, 84°0'9" West (41.575090, -84.002477)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 6.7 km² (2.6 mi²). 6.7 km² (2.6 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 2,930 people, 1,134 households, and 831 families residing in the village. The population density is 435.1/km² (1,126.7/mi²). There are 1,193 housing units at an average density of 177.2/km² (458.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 95.94% White, 0.10% African American, 0.55% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.20% Pacific Islander, 1.98% from other races, and 1.13% from two or more races. 5.49% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,134 households out of which 38.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.5% are married couples living together, 11.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 26.7% are non-families. 22.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.58 and the average family size is 3.01. In the village the population is spread out with 28.7% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 94.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 88.6 males. The median income for a household in the village is $41,920, and the median income for a family is $50,543. Males have a median income of $35,784 versus $25,552 for females. The per capita income for the village is $18,959. 9.2% of the population and 6.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 12.7% are under the age of 18 and 7.1% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Delta, Ohio."
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Delta is a borough located in York County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 741.Geography
Delta is located at 39°43'38" North, 76°19'32" West (39.727207, -76.325668)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.7 km² (0.3 mi²). 0.7 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 741 people, 285 households, and 194 families residing in the borough. The population density is 1,059.6/km² (2,783.3/mi²). There are 324 housing units at an average density of 463.3/km² (1,217.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough is 97.84% White, 0.94% African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.13% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.81% from two or more races. 0.13% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 285 households out of which 37.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.5% are married couples living together, 10.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 31.9% are non-families. 25.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.60 and the average family size is 3.12. In the borough the population is spread out with 29.4% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there are 96.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 98.9 males. The median income for a household in the borough is $39,732, and the median income for a family is $45,000. Males have a median income of $35,735 versus $25,417 for females. The per capita income for the borough is $17,677. 9.2% of the population and 9.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 8.8% are under the age of 18 and 8.3% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Delta, Pennsylvania."
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Delta is a city located in Millard County, Utah. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 3,209.Geography
Delta is located at 39°21'11" North, 112°34'25" West (39.353145, -112.573656)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.2 km² (3.2 mi²). 8.2 km² (3.2 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 3,209 people, 1,006 households, and 780 families residing in the city. The population density is 393.3/km² (1,018.3/mi²). There are 1,106 housing units at an average density of 135.6/km² (351.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 94.61% White, 0.06% African American, 0.97% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.28% Pacific Islander, 3.15% from other races, and 0.81% from two or more races. 10.10% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,006 households out of which 48.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.3% are married couples living together, 9.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 22.4% are non-families. 20.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.15 and the average family size is 3.71. In the city the population is spread out with 38.7% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 18.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 28 years. For every 100 females there are 103.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 94.9 males. The median income for a household in the city is $37,773, and the median income for a family is $43,952. Males have a median income of $37,340 versus $21,369 for females. The per capita income for the city is $13,273. 13.0% of the population and 10.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 16.5% are under the age of 18 and 5.4% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Delta, Utah."
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Delta is a town located in Bayfield County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 235.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 187.0 km² (72.2 mi²). 180.1 km² (69.6 mi²) of it is land and 6.9 km² (2.7 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 3.67% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 235 people, 107 households, and 77 families residing in the town. The population density is 1.3/km² (3.4/mi²). There are 328 housing units at an average density of 1.8/km² (4.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.30% White, 0.00% African American, 1.70% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.43% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 107 households out of which 20.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.5% are married couples living together, 1.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 28.0% are non-families. 26.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 19.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.20 and the average family size is 2.53. In the town the population is spread out with 17.9% under the age of 18, 3.0% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 27.2% from 45 to 64, and 26.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 46 years. For every 100 females there are 123.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 121.8 males. The median income for a household in the town is $37,679, and the median income for a family is $44,375. Males have a median income of $30,250 versus $28,125 for females. The per capita income for the town is $19,697. 3.6% of the population and 0.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 6.1% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Delta, Wisconsin."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Lancia Delta was a successful car sold by Lancia from 1979 to 1994. In Sweden it was sold by Saab as Saab 600.While the majority of Delta models where ordinary, compact family cars, the most famous model was the Delta HF integrale, a 4WD sport car with a very powerful engine. A tweaked version of the HF dominated for years the World Rally Championship.
Even today, one can find around Italy old HFs rallying around, with modified versions with 300 to 500 hp.
See also: rally
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lancia Delta."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A delta is the mouth of a river where it flows into an ocean, sea, or lake, building outwards (as a deltaic deposit) from sediment carried by the river and deposited as the water current is dissipated. Deltaic deposits of larger, heavily-ladden rivers are characterised by the river channel dividing into multiple streams (distributaries), these anastomizing (dividing and coming together again) to form a maze of active and inactive channels.
The most famous delta is that of the Nile River, and it is this delta from which the term is derived, because the Nile delta has a very characteristic triangular shape, like the (upper-case) letter delta (Δ). Other rivers with notable deltas include the Ganges/Brahmaputra combination (this delta spans most of Bangladesh), the Niger, the Amazon, the Mississippi, the Rhine, the Rhône, the Danube, the Mekong, and the Ebre.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "River delta."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
DELTA | Danish | Det teknologiske fremskridt i undervisningens tjeneste i Europa | Education, Engineering & Technology |
DELTA | Dutch | Dutch Education Learning at Top-level Abroad | Public Administration, Education |
DELTA | English | Detailed Labor and Time Analysis | Economics |
DELTA | French | Développement de l'apprentissage en Europe par l'emploi des technologies avancées | Education, Engineering & Technology |
DELTA | Italian | Sviluppo dell'istruzione in Europa attraverso progressi tecnologici | Education, Engineering & Technology |
| DELTA 4 | English | Definition and design of an open defendable distributed computer system architecture | N/A |
| DELCO | English | DELTA central office | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Land | Continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese, delta; tongue of land, neck of land; isthmus, oasis; promontory. (projection); highland. (height). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Now Delta or no-Delta, that's still a hot weapon (Black Hawk Down; writing credit: Ken Nolan) You're talking about Delta, sir. (Animal House; writing credit: Harold Ramis; Douglas Kenney) Listen, they gave us too much delta vee, they had us burn too long (Apollo 13; writing credit: Jim Lovell; Jeffrey Kluger) | |
Lyrics | Lord, them Delta women think the world of me. (Ramblin' Man; performing artist: Allman Brothers) It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day ("Ode to Billy Joe"; performing artist: Bobbie Gentry) The Mississippi Delta was shining ("Graceland"; performing artist: Paul Simon) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Delta Factor (1971) Delta (1969) Raiul albinelor Delta (1964) Delta necunoscuta (1963) Insemnari din delta (1957) | |
Song Titles | Delta Dawn (performing artist: Helen Reddy) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Delta Clipper DC-XA. Credit: NASA. |  | Scott on Slope of Hadley Delta. Credit: NASA. |
 | ITSO Weather Satellite Atop a Delta Rocket. Credit: NASA. |  | The Ganges River forms an extensive delta where it empties into the Bay of Bengal. The delta is largely covered with a swamp forest known as the Sunderbans, which is home to the Royal Bengal Tiger. Credit: NASA. |
 | Mississippi Delta. Credit: NASA. |  | Francis X. Popper taking sight with alidade Plane table work on the Sacramento River Delta. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Launch DELTA churning and burning On line doing hydrography. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Small stream with delta in Tenakee Inlet. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Submerged aquatic vegetation within a pond in the Mississippi Delta. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Project Cloudline Delta. Credit: Flying With NOAA. |
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| "Dutch Delta" by Frank P.J. Van Haalen Commentary: "Sunset on the famous Dutch Delta Waterworks in Holland, The Netherlands. The Delta Waterworks protect Holland from the North Sea." | "Too Close For Comfort" by Justin Baker Commentary: "Portrait? (My buddy Derek in 2002) Shot was taken on Ilford Delta 100 B/W film and developed in Kodak D76." |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The boundaries of East Prussia, with the reservations made in Section IX (East Prussia) of Part III, will be determined as follows: from a point on the coast of the Baltic Sea about 1 1/2 kilometres north of Probbernau church in a direction of about 159° East from true North: a line to be fixed on the ground for about 2 kilometres; thence in a straight line to the light at the bend of the Elbing Channel in approximately latitude 54° 19 1/2' North, longitude 19° 26' East of Greenwich; thence to the easternmost mouth of the Nogat River at a bearing of approximately 209° East from true North; thence up the course of the Nogat River to the point where the latter leaves the Vistula (Weichsel);thence up the principal channel of navigation of the Vistula, then the southern boundary of the Kreis of Marienwerder, then that of the Kreis of Rosenberg eastwards to the point where it meets the old boundary of East Prussia, thence the old boundary between East and West Prussia, then the boundary between the Kreise of Osterode and Neidenburg, then the course of the river Skottau downstream, then the course of the Neide upstream to a point situated about 5 kilometres west of Bialutten being the nearest point to the old frontier of Russia; thence in an easterly direction to a point immediately south of the intersection of the road Neidenburg-Mlava with the old frontier of Russia: a line to be fixed on the ground passing north of Bialutten; thence the old frontier of Russia to a point east of Schmalleningken, then the principal channel of navigation of the Niemen (Memel) downstream, then the Skierwieth arm of the delta to the Kurisches Haff; thence a straight line to the point where the eastern shore of the Kurische Nehrung meets the administrative boundary about 4 kilometres south-west of Nidden; thence this administrative boundary to the western shore of the Kurische Nehrung. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Endocrine tissue contains alpha, beta and delta cells. (references) | |
By stage 4, the brain produces delta waves almost exclusively. (references) | ||
Delta cells secrete the hormone somatostatin, which inhibits insulin and glucagon secretion. (references) | ||
Business | Delta reported it was looking for similar gains. (references) | |
Telecom has 27,000 lines installed, mostly located in the Parana River Delta region. (references) | ||
Delta and Air France had operated under a code-sharing agreement over the past several years. (references) | ||
Economic History | Egypt | Terrain: Desert, except Nile valley and delta. (references) |
Vietnam | Terrain: Varies from mountainous to coastal delta. (references) | |
Nigeria | Tensions in the oil-rich Niger Delta are likely to continue. (references) | |
Human Rights | Nigeria | Some kidnapings, particularly in the Delta, appear to have been part of longstanding ethnic disputes over resources. (references) |
Nigeria | Due to limited manpower and resources, the police and armed forces rarely were able to confront the perpetrators of these acts, especially in the volatile Delta region. (references) | |
Nigeria | Multinational oil companies and domestic oil producing companies subcontract police and soldiers from area units particularly to protect the oil facilities in the volatile Niger Delta region. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Venezuela | However, the Caracas city government and the Metropolitan Police maintained a policy of forcing the Warao to return to the delta by rounding them up and loading them onto buses. (references) |
Venezuela | Many of the Warao nevertheless return to Caracas, citing lack of jobs and money in the delta and their ability to earn approximately $175 (130,000 bolivars) per week in handouts in Caracas. (references) | |
Venezuela | Members of the Warao indigenous group of Delta Amacuro state continued to migrate during the year from their homelands in the swampy Orinoco delta to Caracas, where they live in the streets, selling handicrafts and begging. (references) | |
Minorities | Nigeria | In April two persons were killed in ethnic clashes in the Gokana area of Ogoniland in the Niger Delta region. (references) |
Nigeria | The Ijaw of the South Delta are the fifth largest group, followed by Kanuri in the far northeast, and the Tiv in the Middle Belt. (references) | |
Nigeria | In July there were reported clashes between members of the Odimodi and Ogulagha communities in Delta State; 9 persons were killed and 30 persons were injured. (references) | |
Political Economy | Nigeria | Violence in the Niger delta region abated somewhat during the year. (references) |
Nigeria | The Niger Delta Development Commission, headquartered in Port Harcourt, was inaugurated in December 2000 and is currently designing an overall development plan for the region. (references) | |
Nigeria | Some members of the Ijaw ethnic group in the oil-producing Niger Delta region who seek greater local autonomy continued to commit serious abuses, including killings and kidnapings. (references) | |
Political Rights | Nigeria | Although all parties engaged in attempts to rig the vote, the PDP machine in the Delta and Igboland was responsible for the worst excesses. (references) |
Nigeria | Those areas with the worst problems were the southern tier of states in the Niger Delta region, several states in Igboland, and several north central states. (references) | |
Travel | Greece | American international air service to Greece is provided by Delta Airlines. (references) |
Worker Rights | Vietnam | Although statistics are not reliable, women and girls are trafficked from southern delta and highland provinces to Cambodia and from northern provinces into China generally for the purposes of prostitution, domestic work, or marriage. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Delta" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 53.13% of the time. "Delta" is used about 479 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 53.13% | 255 | 18,554 |
| Noun (singular) | 46.88% | 225 | 20,080 |
| Total | 100.00% | 479 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "delta" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Delta | First name Female | 2,000 | 2,197 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Australia | Delta Gold Limited | Greece | Delta Holdings |
| Netherlands | Delta Lloyd Verzekeringsgroep NV | South Africa | Delta Electrical Industries Ltd |
| Taiwan | Delta Electronics, Inc. | Thailand | Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited |
| United Kingdom | Delta PLC | USA | Delta Air Lines Inc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Delta, AL 2. Delta, CO (city, FIPS 19850) 3. Delta, IA (city, FIPS 19855) 4. Delta, KY 5. Delta, LA (village, FIPS 20330) 6. Delta, MO (city, FIPS 19072) 7. Delta, OH (village, FIPS 21616) 8. Delta, PA (borough, FIPS 18800) 9. Delta, UT (city, FIPS 18910) 10. Delta, WI |
Expressions using "delta": arcuate delta ♦ big Delta ♦ cuspate delta ♦ DELTA 4 ♦ Delta connection ♦ delta conversion ♦ Delta County ♦ Delta current ♦ delta electrons ♦ Delta Force ♦ delta hepatitis ♦ delta iron ♦ Delta Junction ♦ delta modulation ♦ delta plain ♦ delta Proteobacteria ♦ delta radiation ♦ delta ray ♦ delta rays ♦ delta reduction ♦ Delta Rhythm ♦ delta rule ♦ Delta Sleep-Inducing Peptide ♦ delta top ♦ delta wave ♦ delta wing ♦ ebb delta ♦ forward delta ♦ generalized delta rule ♦ Gothic delta ♦ hepatitis delta ♦ Hepatitis Delta Virus ♦ kronecker delta ♦ lobate delta ♦ variable slope delta modulation ♦ within delta of. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "delta": Delta-4, delta-capacitor, delta-Chain, delta-chain, Delta-epsilon, delta-factor, delta-lactone, Delta-Prolog, delta-shaped, Delta-t, Delta-Tocopherol, Delta-west, delta-winged, delta-wye. | |
Ending with "delta": anti-delta, double-delta, gamma-delta, polymerase-delta, pro-delta, river-delta, SFOD-Delta, sub-delta, swept-delta, Thor-delta, Wye-delta. | |
Containing "delta": 11-nor-delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol-9-carboxylic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
delta airline | 29,354 | delta force 2 | 331 |
delta | 20,683 | delta airline reservation | 317 |
delta air line | 3,793 | delta state university | 295 |
delta dental | 3,143 | delta song | 284 |
delta force | 2,009 | delta airline schedule | 281 |
delta faucet | 1,927 | delta com | 279 |
delta air | 1,556 | delta airline ticket | 259 |
delta sigma theta | 1,357 | delta burke | 258 |
delta tool | 1,143 | black cheat delta down force hawk | 217 |
delta goodrem | 859 | delta force 2 trainer | 209 |
delta skymiles | 848 | delta tool box | 204 |
delta hotel | 704 | delta sigma theta sorority | 195 |
delta vacation | 599 | delta express | 192 |
delta force black hawk down | 594 | delta force 2 cheat | 189 |
delta sky mile | 504 | delta shuttle | 170 |
delta college | 476 | delta chelsea | 168 |
delta power tool | 461 | phi delta kappan | 165 |
san joaquin delta college | 378 | delta air.com | 162 |
delta times visalia | 377 | delta force cheat | 161 |
delta queen | 334 | delta force land warrior | 161 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "delta"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Deltë, Shkronjë Greke. (various references) | |
Arabic | مثلث كحرف الدال اليوناني. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Делта, Гръцката Буква Делта. (various references) | |
Chinese | 三角洲 . (various references) | |
Czech | Delta. (various references) | |
Danish | det teknologiske fremskridt i undervisningens tjeneste i Europa (Development of European Learning through Technological Advance), delta (Development of European Learning through Technological Advance, hedge ratio). (various references) | |
Dutch | delta (Development of European Learning through Technological Advance, Dutch Education Learning at Top-level Abroad, equivalent to duty of water when the latter is expressed in water-depth units and refers to irrigation projects under operation.It is stated with reference to the place at which it is measured or reckoned i.e.delta at farm, hedge ratio, or lateral head). (various references) | |
Esperanto | delto. (various references) | |
Faeroese | ósi. (various references) | |
Farsi | حرف چهارم زبان یونانی . (various references) | |
Finnish | delta (estuary). (various references) | |
French | delta (Development of European Learning through Technological Advance). (various references) | |
German | Delta (a term used in some countries, equivalent to duty of water when the latter is expressed in water-depth units and refers to irrigation projects under operation.It is stated with reference to the place at which it is measured or reckoned i.e."delta at farm", hedge ratio, or lateral head"). (various references) | |
Greek | Δέλτα. (various references) | |
Hungarian | delta, deltatorkolat. (various references) | |
Indonesian | delta. (various references) | |
Italian | delta (Development of European Learning through Technological Advance). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | デリス剤 (delimiter, delivery, Dellinger, derivative, derris compound), 三角洲 , 三角州 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | デルタ , さんかくす. (various references) | |
Korean | 델타 (Deltas). (various references) | |
Manx | troorane (triangle), deltey. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eltaday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | delta (hedge ratio). (various references) | |
Romanian | deltå, Deltã. (various references) | |
Russian | Дельта, дельта (estuary). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | delta, ušće reke (firth), slovo grčkog alfabeta. (various references) | |
Spanish | delta (hedge ratio, I am manoeuvring with difficulty"). (various references) | |
Swedish | Delta (enter, partake, participate, share, take part). (various references) | |
Turkish | Delta, Üç Köşe, Çatalağız. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Трикутник, Дельта. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "delta": deltaic, deltas. (additional references) | |
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"Delta" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Celta, daulat, Davlat, ddelta, dela, delaw, Delitiae, della, D'elsa, delst, delt, Deltec, delto, delts, delut, delzt, desta, destra, deta, detha, detia, Detlof, Detta, devtram, Dilga, dla, dolte, Elta, Eltac, Heltai, melta, velta. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "delta" (pronounced de"ltu) |
| 3 | -l t u | Volta. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: dealt, lated. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-l-t" | |
-1 letter: dale, date, deal, delt, lade, late, lead, tael, tale, teal, tela. | |
-2 letters: ale, alt, ate, dal, del, eat, eld, eta, lad, lat, lea, led, let, tad, tae, tea, ted, tel. | |
-3 letters: ad, ae, al, at, de, ed, el, et, la, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-l-t" | |
+1 letter: alated, daleth, dartle, delate, deltas, dental, desalt, detail, dilate, elated, halted, lasted, lathed, malted, plated, salted, slated, staled, tabled, tailed, talced, talked. | |
+2 letters: ablated, abluted, adeptly, adulate, alerted, altered, auldest, baldest, battled, belated, blasted, blatted, bleated, bloated, castled, citadel, cleated, daleths, dartled, dartles, datable, datedly, dealate, deathly, default, deflate, delated, delates, delator, deltaic, dentals, desalts, details, dextral, dialect, dilated, dilater, dilates, edictal, exalted, faulted, flatbed, flatted, floated, gelated, gloated, lanated, latched, latened, laterad, legated, leotard, ligated, loathed, lobated, located, lunated, luxated, lyrated, malteds, mantled, metaled, petaled, plaited, planted, platted, pleated, rattled, redtail, related, saluted, slanted, slatted, solated, stabled, staddle, stalked, stalled, stapled, tackled, tadpole, talcked, taliped, tallied, taloned, tangled, tattled, teazled, totaled, trailed, trawled, treadle, twaddle, valeted, vaulted, waltzed, wattled, wetland. | |
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