Delta

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Contents 1 Abbreviations 2 Places 2.1 Canada 2.2 Nigeria 2.3 United States 3 Science and technology 3.1 Astronomy and physics 3.2 Aeronautics 3.3 Earth sciences 3.4 Mathematics and computer science 3.5 Mathematical finance 3.6 Medicine and biology 3.7 Military 4 Companies and products 5 Entertainment and fiction 6 Miscellanea

Delta most commonly refers to:

• Delta (letter), the letter Δ or δ in the Greek alphabet, also used as a mathematical symbol
• River delta, a landform at the mouth of a river

Delta also has the following meanings:

[edit] Abbreviations

• DELTA (ELT), an advanced diploma in English language teaching
• DELTA (taxonomy), the DEscription Language for TAxonomy

[edit] Places

[edit] Canada

• Delta, British Columbia (the town located immediately south of the Fraser River delta)
  • Delta (provincial electoral district)
  • Delta (electoral district), a federal electoral district

[edit] Nigeria

• Delta State, Nigeria

[edit] United States

• Delta, Colorado
• Delta, California
• Delta, Iowa
• Delta, Kentucky
• Delta, Louisiana
• Delta, Missouri
• Delta, Ohio
• Delta, Pennsylvania
• Delta, Utah
• Delta, Wisconsin
• Delta Charter Township, Michigan
• Delta County, any of several

See also: Mississippi Delta (disambiguation)

[edit] Science and technology

[edit] Astronomy and physics

• Delta baryon, a subatomic particle with spin 3/2
• In Bayer designation, one of the stars in a constellation (e.g., Delta Cygni)
• Delta-v, a term used in astrodynamics for the total 'effort' to change from one space trajectory to another

[edit] Aeronautics

• Delta wing
• Delta rocket, a family of launch vehicles
• Delta Formation (Aircraft), a formation flying manoeuvre in the shape of a V

[edit] Earth sciences

• Delta switching, the process by which some rivers change their course near their deltas
• Tropical Storm Delta (2005)
• Δ and delta are used to represent epicentral distance in seismology.

[edit] Mathematics and computer science

• Δ often denotes a difference; δ can represent a small change or amount
• In elementary set theory and Boolean algebras, Δ usually denotes the symmetric difference
• An inverted delta (), known as del or nabla, is used as a vector differential operator
• Kronecker delta, a function of two variables which is 1 when they are equal
• Dirac delta function, a distribution used as an approximation for a spike function
• Delta encoding, a technique in computer communications and version-control
• In formal fuzzy logic, Δ denotes a unary connective representing the full truth of a proposition (often called Baaz Delta connective)
• Δ indicates a change of state between two before and after state schemas in the Z notation

[edit] Mathematical finance

• One of the Greeks (finance) used in option and derivatives pricing representing the rate of change of the option price with respect to changes in the underlying price

[edit] Medicine and biology

• Delta (ligand), an activator of the Notch signaling pathway
• Single use of Delta (Δ) is an abbreviation for the diagnosis of a patient
• Double use of Delta (ΔΔ) is an abbreviation for the differential diagnosis of a patient

[edit] Military

• Delta Force, a U.S. Army special force
• Beredskapstroppen, a Norwegian special police forces team
• Delta class submarine, a Soviet / Russian SSBN submarine series (NATO reporting name)

[edit] Companies and products

• Delta Air Lines, a major U.S. airline
• Delta (computer), a Russian ZX Spectrum clone
• Delta Dental, an American dental plan system
• Delta Faucet Company, a plumbing fixtures company
• Delta Holding, an import-export, banking, insurance and retail corporation in Serbia
• Delta Hotels, a Canadian hotel chain
• Delta Machinery, a stationary power tools and equipment company
• Delta Motor Corporation, a South African car manufacturer owned by General Motors
• Delta robot, a specialized type of robot
• GM Delta platform, a compact car automobile platform from General Motors
• Ilford Delta, a photographic film
• Lancia Delta, a rally car made by the Italian company Lancia
• Enfield Cables Ltd, a cable manufacturer
• Delta (pen manufacturer) a fine-writing-instruments manufacturer
• Oldsmobile Delta 88, a car made by the US Company Oldsmobile

[edit] Entertainment and fiction

• Delta Goodrem, an Australian singer

• Delta (album), a 2007 studio album by Delta Goodrem

• Delta-S, an industrial band from Camarillo, California
• Delta (computer game), a 1987 horizontally-scrolling shooter computer game
• Delta (TV series), a 1992 TV series starring Delta Burke
• Delta Halo, Halo Installation #5 in the Halo Universe
• Delta FM, a UK radio station
• Delta Quadrant, a quadrant of the Milky Way Galaxy depicted in Star Trek
• Delta Squad, the player's team in Star Wars: Republic Commando
• Delta, a codename used by Jason Bourne in the fiction series The Bourne Identity
• E-103 Delta, a robot in E-Series (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• R·Type Delta, the fourth R-Type game in the series
• EX Delta Species, a Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion
• Delta Flyer, a shuttle craft in the Star Trek TV series Voyager
• Kamen Rider Delta, a Kamen Rider that appeared in the Japanese TV series Kamen Rider 555
• Space Patrol Delta, a fictional organization from the Power Rangers universe
• The Delta Megazord (shaped like a capital Δ) is a zord in Power Rangers in Space

[edit] Miscellanea

• Delta waves, a low level EEG reading associated with sleep
• Delta Works, a flood-protection works in the Netherlands
• A form of tricycle having two wheels in back and one wheel in front
• The refractory section in the roof of an electric arc furnace (EAF) through which one or more electrodes enter
• Delta, a quadra group used in socionics