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How to pronounce delta
Say it like this: /ˈdɛltə/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does delta mean?
nounThe 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 symbol Δ; A change in a quantity, likely from "d" for "difference".
“ΔV - "delta vee"(change in velocity, used in rocketry and orbital mechanics)”
verbTo calculate the differences between the characters in an enciphered text and the characters a fixed number of positions previous.
To compare two versions of the same file in order to determine where they differ (where a programmer has made edits).
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