Phrase Hound found 59 phrases and 21 compound words that contain delta. The most common are listed below. Open delta in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 59
- delta wingAn aircraft wing having a swept-back shape in the form of an isosceles triangle; used mostly on supersonic aircraft
- Delta CountyOne of 64 counties in Colorado, United States. County seat: Delta. Named after the county seat, which is situated on a delta.
- Delta ForceA US Army unit that carries out hostage rescue, counterterrorism, and actions against high-value targets.
- Delta variantThe highly virulent B.1.617.2 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.
- Mississippi DeltaThe northwest region of Mississippi, and small portions of Arkansas and Louisiana, situated between the Yazoo and Mississippi River.
- delta maleA male without an authoritative position or role in social or group hierarchy; a male commoner.
- theta-deltaA symbol, depicting the uppercase Greek letter theta interwoven with a delta, that represents therianthropy (similar to the heptagram for otherkinity).
- delta femaleA relatively low-status woman in the sociosexual hierarchy, (ranking below alpha, beta, and gamma females, but above omega females).
- delta acid2-aminonaphthalene-7-sulfonic acid.
- delta cellA kind of somatostatin-producing cell found in the stomach, intestine, and islets of Langerhans in the pancreas.
- delta cellsplural of delta cell: A kind of somatostatin-producing cell found in the stomach, intestine, and islets of Langerhans in the pancreas.
- delta connectionA type of three-phase connection.
- delta ironA certain allotrope of iron.
- delta rayAn electron ejected by recoil when a rapidly moving alpha particle or other charged particle passes through matter.
- delta timeThe actual time between two events occurring in a system, used to adjust a process (such as the frame rate of graphics, or the transmission of data over a network) so that it is not biased by the internal speed of execution.
- delta-vA vector change in velocity, especially a small change as a result of a corresponding change in some other parameter.
- delta waveA high-amplitude neural oscillation with a frequency between 0.5 and 4 hertz, usually associated with the deep stage 3 of NREM sleep.
- delta bluesA form of blues originating in the Mississippi Delta region of the United States, generally featuring minimal instrumentation and song structure.
- Kronecker deltaA binary function, written as δ with two subscripts, which evaluates to 1 when its arguments are equal, and 0 otherwise.
- delta wingsplural of delta wing: An aircraft wing having a swept-back shape in the form of an isosceles triangle; used mostly on supersonic aircraft
- delta gliderA gliding aircraft with a delta wing.
- delta timingThe use of delta times.
- Delta Ursae MajorisSynonym of Megrez: Delta Ursae Majoris, a star in the constellation of Ursa Major and part of the Plough.
- Delta AmacuroA state of Venezuela.
- Delta strainSynonym of Delta variant: The highly virulent B.1.617.2 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.
Compound words 21
- deltaicOf or pertaining to a river delta.
- delticSynonym of deltaic: Of or pertaining to a river delta.
- deltacismfaulty pronunciation of the consonant /d/
- deltacoronavirusAny virus of the genus Deltacoronavirus.
- deltahedronA polyhedron whose faces are all equilateral triangles.
- prodeltaThe part of a river delta that is furthest offshore and in which deposition is slowest
- deltacronA double infection of the Delta variant and Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
- deltaformIn the shape of the letter delta.
- deltateHaving a triangular leaf.
- nondeltaNot relating to a delta.