デルタ

Japanese

Etymology

From English delta or learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

Noun

デルタ • (deruta) 

  1. delta
  2. Synonym of 三角州 (sankakusu, “delta”) (landform at the mouth of a river)
  3. difference between two values

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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