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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Delta \Del"ta\, n.; pl. Deltas. [Gr. de`lta, the name of the
     fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (the capital form of
     which is [Delta], Eng. D), from the Ph[oe]nician name of the
     corresponding letter. The Greeks called the alluvial deposit
     at the mouth of the Nile, from its shape, the Delta of the
     Nile.]
     1. The fourth letter of the Greek alphabet ([Delta] [delta]),
        corresponding to D. Hence, an object having the shape of
        the capital [Delta].
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. A tract of land shaped like the letter delta ([Delta]),
        especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between
        two or more mouths of a river; as, the delta of the
        Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Elec.) The closed figure produced by connecting three
        coils or circuits successively, end for end, esp. in a
        three-phase system; -- often used attributively, as delta
        winding, delta connection (which see), etc.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Delta \Del"ta\, n.; pl. Deltas. [Gr. de`lta, the name of the
     fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (the capital form of
     which is [Delta], Eng. D), from the Ph[oe]nician name of the
     corresponding letter. The Greeks called the alluvial deposit
     at the mouth of the Nile, from its shape, the Delta of the
     Nile.]
     A tract of land shaped like the letter delta ([Delta]),
     especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between two
     or more mouths of a river; as, the delta of the Ganges, of
     the Nile, or of the Mississippi.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  delta's
     Dutch n.
     (plural of nl delta)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  deltas
     Latvian n.
     (infl of lv delta  gen s ; nom//acc p)
     n.
     (plural of en delta)
     Portuguese n.
     (plural of pt delta)
     Swedish n.
     1 (noun form of sv delta  indef gen p)
     2 (noun form of sv delta  indef gen s)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Deltas
     German n.
     (plural of de Delta)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  DELTAs
     n.
     (plural of en DELTA)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  deltas
     n.
     (plural of en delta)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  DELTAs
     n.
     (plural of en DELTA)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  delta's
     Dutch n.
     (plural of nl delta)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  deltas
     Latvian n.
     (infl of lv delta  gen s ; nom//acc p)
     n.
     (plural of en delta)
     Portuguese n.
     (plural of pt delta)
     Swedish n.
     1 (noun form of sv delta  indef gen p)
     2 (noun form of sv delta  indef gen s)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Deltas
     German n.
     (plural of de Delta)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  DELTAs
     n.
     (plural of en DELTA)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  delta's
     Dutch n.
     (plural of nl delta)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  deltas
     Latvian n.
     (infl of lv delta  gen s ; nom//acc p)
     n.
     (plural of en delta)
     Portuguese n.
     (plural of pt delta)
     Swedish n.
     1 (noun form of sv delta  indef gen p)
     2 (noun form of sv delta  indef gen s)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Deltas
     German n.
     (plural of de Delta)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  DELTAs
     n.
     (plural of en DELTA)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  deltas
     Englanti n.
     (en-monikko d elta)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  delta's
     Engelska n.
     (böjning en subst delta)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  deltas
     n.
     (böjning sv subst delta)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  deltas'
     Engelska n.
     (böjning en subst delta)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Deltas
     Tyska n.
     (böjning de subst Delta)

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  deltas
     n.
     (böjning sv subst delta)

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Deltas /dˈɛltɑːs/ 
  deltas, river deltas
     Synonyms: Delten, Flussdeltas, Flussdelten
  
   see: Delta, Flussdelta
  

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Deltas /dˈɛltəz/
  الدلتا

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  deltas /dˈɛltəz/
  Deltas , Delten , Flussdeltas , Flussdelten 
     Synonym: river deltas
  
   see: delta, river delta, Danube Delta
  

From IPA:de :   [ IPA:de ]

  

/ˈdɛltɑs/

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈdɛɫtəz/

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈdɛɫtəz/

From IPA:es_ES :   [ IPA:es_ES ]

  

/deltas/

From IPA:es_MX :   [ IPA:es_MX ]

  

/deltas/


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