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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_108863" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_108863" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) The fourth letter of the | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (/ /), answering to D. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) 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. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) an object having the shape of the capital /. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) A tract of land shaped like the letter 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. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_71758" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_71758" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 17:12, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (/ /), answering to D.
(2): ( n.) 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.
(3): ( n.) an object having the shape of the capital /.
(4): ( n.) A tract of land shaped like the letter 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.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
The signature of D. Macbeth Moir in Blackwood's Magazine .
