delta
delta
Definition
delta (del′tə)
noun
- the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ)
- something in the shape of a delta (Δ); specif., a tract of flat land, usually triangular, formed by deposits of soil and sand at the mouth of a large river
Etymology: L < Gr delta, of Sem orig., as in Heb dāleth, 4th letter of the alphabet, lit., door
adjective
- of, in, or from the Delta Delta blues
- Chem. see alpha
del·ta′ic (del tā′ik) adjective
the Delta
low-lying region in NW Miss., extending eastward from the Mississippi River
delta Finance Definition
The
measurement of how much an options premium changes when there is a unit change
in the underlying price of the financial instrument, which may be a futures
contract, a stock, or some other financial instrument. Another way to interpret
delta is as an indication of whether an option will still be in the money, or
have value, at its expiration.
delta (
Telecom Definition
) A change (increase or decrease) in the value of a variable.
delta
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- form: It flows into the Arabian Sea, forming a delta, which covers 3000 square miles.
- create: From the server side, multiple versions of the document have to be cached to allow the server to create deltas.
Adjective modifier
- tidal: Deposition occurs where the two opposing forces are evenly balanced forming the ebb tidal delta.
- eligible: A general accounting the quot chilling purchase eligible delta the study states.
- western: Chevron and Shell were forced to evacuate the area and oil operations in the western Delta were reduced by 40 % .
- large: The larger delta seems to have a better movable work table than the $ 99 sanders.
Modifies a noun
- pr: To have enough offer delta pr were subject to.
- subjt: Subj delta subjt takes into account weaken the programs ' .
- o-18: Surprisingly, the Last Glacial to Holocene climate transition was not accompanied by significant change in delta O-18 of pedogenic carbonate.
- queen: On double occupancy cruise delta queen river one-day cruise passes.
- antigen: Recently a host protein interacting with the delta antigen has been identified.
- V: You can see that to raise the orbit by 100km the required total change in velocity or delta V is 51 meters per second.
Modifying Another Word
- inland: Botswana's best area for viewing wildlife is the Okavango Delta game reserve - the largest inland delta in the world.
Noun used with modifier
- Ebro: We are now heading down to the Ebro delta.
- Gange: For more than 70 years she has lived on the Ganges delta in India, scraping a living off the land.
- river: It was laid down in a vast river delta some 320 million years ago.
- california: Beyond contracting with smith is a carries the california delta dental insurance titles.
- tide: It is therefore interpreted as a flood tide delta.
Preposition: in
- world: Botswana's best area for viewing wildlife is the Okavango Delta game reserve - the largest inland delta in the world.
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