"delta" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɛltə/, [ˈdɛɫtə] Audio: En-us-delta.ogg [US] Forms: deltas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛltə Etymology: From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta), borrowed from a Phoenician word for "door", ultimately from Proto-Semitic *dalt-. Doublet of dalet. * (river): from the triangular shape of the majuscule Greek letter delta Δ * (USSF): from the delta wing, symbol of the USSF, a triangular wing, shaped like the majuscule Greek letter delta Δ Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|δέλτα}} Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta), {{der|en|sem-pro|*dalt-}} Proto-Semitic *dalt-, {{doublet|en|dalet}} Doublet of dalet, {{sense|river}} (river):, {{sense|USSF}} (USSF): Head templates: {{en-noun}} delta (plural deltas)
  1. The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ. Categories (topical): Greek letter names Translations (fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet): δέλτα (délta) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), ⁧دِلْتَا⁩ (diltā) [feminine] (Arabic), ⁧دِلْتَا⁩ (deltā) [feminine] (Arabic), delta [feminine] (Asturian), де́лта (délta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), delta [feminine] (Catalan), 德爾塔 (Chinese Mandarin), 德尔塔 (dé'ěrtǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), delta (Czech), delta [neuter] (Danish), delta [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), delto (Esperanto), delta (Finnish), delta [masculine] (French), delta [masculine] (Galician), Delta [neuter] (German), δέλτα (délta) [neuter] (Greek), ⁧דֶּלְתָּא⁩ (délta) [feminine] (Hebrew), डेल्टा (ḍelṭā) [masculine] (Hindi), delta (Hungarian), delta [neuter] (Icelandic), delta (Interlingua), デルタ (deruta) (Japanese), 델타 (delta) (Korean), delta [feminine] (Latvian), delta (Malay), tēira (Maori), डेल्टा (ḍelṭā) [neuter] (Marathi), delta [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), delta [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), delta [feminine] (Polish), delta [masculine] (Portuguese), delta [masculine] (Romanian), де́льта (dɛ́lʹta) [feminine] (Russian), delta [feminine] (Slovene), delta [feminine] (Spanish), delta [neuter] (Swedish), delta (Tagalog), เดลตา (deel-dtâa) (Thai), delta (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-delta-en-noun-W9huDSXH Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 19 1 7 9 3 2 3 15 2 3 3 9 3 4 6 5 8 Disambiguation of 'fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet': 53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4
  2. A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water. Categories (place): Bodies of water Translations (landform at the mouth of a river): delta (Albanian), δέλτα (délta) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), ⁧دِلْتَا⁩ (diltā) [feminine] (Arabic), դելտա (delta) (Armenian), delta [masculine] (Asturian), delta (Azerbaijani), delta (Basque), дэ́льта (délʹta) [feminine] (Belarusian), sabang (Bikol Central), де́лта (délta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), delta [feminine] (Catalan), ᏧᏩᏓᎶᎣᏒᎯ (tsuwadaloosvhi) (Cherokee), 三角洲 (sānjiǎozhōu) (Chinese Mandarin), delta [feminine] (Czech), delta [neuter] (Danish), delta [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), delto (Esperanto), delta (Estonian), suisto (Finnish), delta (French), delta [masculine] (Galician), დელტა (delṭa) (Georgian), Delta [neuter] (German), δέλτα (délta) [neuter] (Greek), મુખત્રિકોણ (mukhatrikoṇ) (Gujarati), ⁧דלתה⁩ (delta) [feminine] (Hebrew), मुखत्रिकोण (mukhatrikoṇ) (Hindi), त्रिभुज (tribhuj) [masculine] (Hindi), तिकोन (tikon) (Hindi), deltatorkolat (Hungarian), delta (Hungarian), kuala (Indonesian), 三角州 (sankakusu) (alt: さんかくす) (Japanese), атырау (atyrau) (Kazakh), 삼각주 (samgakju) (alt: 三角洲) (Korean), delta [feminine] (Latvian), delta [feminine] (Lithuanian), делта (delta) [feminine] (Macedonian), pūwaiwaha (Maori), delta [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), delta [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ⁧دلتا⁩ (dêlta) (Persian), delta [feminine] (Polish), delta [masculine] (Portuguese), deltă [feminine] (Romanian), де́льта (dɛ́lʹta) [feminine] (Russian), делта [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), delta [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ⁧ٽِڪور⁩ (Tikor) (Sindhi), delta [feminine] (Slovak), delta [feminine] (Slovene), delta [masculine] (Spanish), delta [neuter] (Swedish), delta (Tagalog), sabangan (Tagalog), ดินดอนสามเหลี่ยม (din-dɔɔn-sǎam-lìiam) (Thai), สามเหลี่ยมปากแม่น้ำ (sǎam-lìiam-bpàak-mɛ̂ɛ-náam) (Thai), ดินดอนสามเหลี่ยมปากแม่น้ำ (din-dɔɔn-sǎam-lìiam-bpàak-mɛ̂ɛ-náam) (Thai), delta (Turkish), де́льта (délʹta) [feminine] (Ukrainian), đồng bằng (alt: 垌平) (Vietnamese), delta [common-gender] (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-delta-en-noun-zlL7Yz46 Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 3 40 4 5 3 3 3 3 8 4 3 4 3 4 6 3 3 Disambiguation of 'landform at the mouth of a river': 1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5
  3. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Delta from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: Delta from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet
    Sense id: en-delta-en-noun-2h4YovcB
  4. (mathematics, physics, engineering) The symbol Δ; A change in a quantity, likely from "d" for "difference". Categories (topical): Engineering, Mathematics, Physics Hypernyms (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (english: includes list of coordinate terms) Translations (mathematical symbol Δ): delta [feminine] (Dutch), delto (Esperanto), delta (Finnish), delta [masculine] (French), Delta [neuter] (German), δέλτα (délta) [neuter] (Greek), डेल्टा (ḍelṭā) [masculine] (Hindi), डेल्टा (ḍelṭā) (Marathi), delta [feminine] (Polish), delta [masculine] (Romanian), де́льта (dɛ́lʹta) [feminine] (Russian), เดลตา (deel-dtâa) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-delta-en-noun-GMhNvwln Topics: engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences Disambiguation of 'measure of derivative price sensitivity': 6 1 3 17 9 6 7 8 4 1 14 3 6 7 8 Disambiguation of 'mathematical symbol Δ': 21 0 1 55 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 16 1
  5. (finance) The rate of change in an option value with respect to the underlying asset's price. Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-delta-en-noun-mbjoEeMr Topics: business, finance
  6. (chemistry) A value in delta notation indicating the relative abundances of isotopes. Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-delta-en-noun-pRkAEmI~ Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  7. (computing) The set of differences between two versions of a file. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing: set of differences between two versions of a file): muutos (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-delta-en-noun-d258IkUM Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: set of differences between two versions of a file': 4 1 1 7 3 3 51 10 2 3 3 2 2 4 4
  8. (computing, informal) A small but noticeable effect. Compare epsilon. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing: small but noticeable effect): erotus (Finnish), muutos (Finnish), delta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-delta-en-noun-g9z37ygc Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: small but noticeable effect': 5 1 1 8 3 4 10 44 3 2 4 2 3 5 5
  9. (surveying) The angle subtended at the center of a circular arc. Categories (topical): Surveying Translations (surveying: angle at the center of a circular arc): keskuskulma (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-delta-en-noun-kmcCUkNz Topics: geography, natural-sciences, surveying Disambiguation of 'surveying: angle at the center of a circular arc': 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 75 3 1 2 1 3 3
  10. A type of cargo bike that has one wheel in front and two in back.
    Sense id: en-delta-en-noun-gllYUnNj
  11. (electrical, often attributive) The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, especially in a three-phase system. Tags: attributive, often Translations (electric connection): kolmio (Finnish), delta (Finnish), triantán [masculine] (Irish), trójkąt [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-delta-en-noun-ClgRov9w Topics: business, electrical, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'electric connection': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0
  12. (US, military, U.S. Space Force) A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF operations wing, or an army regiment. Tags: Space-Force, US Categories (topical): Military Synonyms (USSF): garrison (english: a support wing equivalent)
    Sense id: en-delta-en-noun-EruTVFz6 Categories (other): American English Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'USSF': 5 0 15 1 4 0 0 2 0 10 0 42 4 3 12
  13. (astronomy) a star that is usually the fourth brightest of a constellation. Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-delta-en-noun-TlqVRzOS Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  14. (physics) one of four baryons consisting of up and down quarks with a combined spin of 3/2: Δ⁺⁺ (uuu), Δ⁺ (uud), Δ⁰ (udd), or Δ⁻ (ddd) Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-delta-en-noun-V4ZXI1Pf Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  15. (medicine) Short for delta variant. (variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: delta variant (extra: variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus) Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-delta-en-noun-gxipsLva Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: baryon [particle] [physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], resonance [particle] [physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] Related terms: deltoid Related terms (Appendix): IPA examples

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɛltə/, [ˈdɛɫtə] Audio: En-us-delta.ogg [US] Forms: deltas [present, singular, third-person], deltaing [participle, present], deltaed [participle, past], deltaed [past]
Rhymes: -ɛltə Etymology: From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta), borrowed from a Phoenician word for "door", ultimately from Proto-Semitic *dalt-. Doublet of dalet. * (river): from the triangular shape of the majuscule Greek letter delta Δ * (USSF): from the delta wing, symbol of the USSF, a triangular wing, shaped like the majuscule Greek letter delta Δ Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|δέλτα}} Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta), {{der|en|sem-pro|*dalt-}} Proto-Semitic *dalt-, {{doublet|en|dalet}} Doublet of dalet, {{sense|river}} (river):, {{sense|USSF}} (USSF): Head templates: {{en-verb}} delta (third-person singular simple present deltas, present participle deltaing, simple past and past participle deltaed)
  1. (cryptography) To calculate the differences between the characters in an enciphered text and the characters a fixed number of positions previous. Categories (topical): Cryptography
    Sense id: en-delta-en-verb-g8e2jg9A Topics: computing, cryptography, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (computing) To compare two versions of the same file in order to determine where they differ (where a programmer has made edits). Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-delta-en-verb-DwHyvynX Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "δέλτα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "délta",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "δέλτα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "délta",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧דֶּלְתָּא⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ḍelṭā",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "डेल्टा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "deruta",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "word": "デルタ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "delta",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "word": "델타"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "word": "tēira"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "ḍelṭā",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "डेल्टा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dɛ́lʹta",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "де́льта"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "deel-dtâa",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "word": "เดลตา"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 6 5 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
          "word": "delta"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "3 40 4 5 3 3 3 3 8 4 3 4 3 4 6 3 3",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Bodies of water",
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          "parents": [
            "Landforms",
            "Water",
            "Earth",
            "Places",
            "Liquids",
            "Nature",
            "Names",
            "Matter",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Chemistry",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Sciences",
            "Lemmas"
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        }
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        {
          "text": "Nile Delta",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water."
      ],
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "diltā",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧دِلْتَا⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "delta",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "դելտա"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "délʹta",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дэ́льта"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "bcl",
          "lang": "Bikol Central",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "sabang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "délta",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "де́лта"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "tsuwadaloosvhi",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "ᏧᏩᏓᎶᎣᏒᎯ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "sānjiǎozhōu",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "三角洲"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "delto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "suisto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "delṭa",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "დელტა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "délta",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "δέλτα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "délta",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "δέλτα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "mukhatrikoṇ",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "મુખત્રિકોણ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "delta",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧דלתה⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "mukhatrikoṇ",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "मुखत्रिकोण"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "tribhuj",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "त्रिभुज"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "tikon",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "तिकोन"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "deltatorkolat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "kuala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "alt": "さんかくす",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sankakusu",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "三角州"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "atyrau",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "атырау"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "alt": "三角洲",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "samgakju",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "삼각주"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "delta",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "делта"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "pūwaiwaha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "dêlta",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "⁧دلتا⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "deltă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dɛ́lʹta",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "де́льта"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "делта"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "sd",
          "lang": "Sindhi",
          "roman": "Tikor",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "⁧ٽِڪور⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "delta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "sabangan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "din-dɔɔn-sǎam-lìiam",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "ดินดอนสามเหลี่ยม"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sǎam-lìiam-bpàak-mɛ̂ɛ-náam",
          "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
          "word": "สามเหลี่ยมปากแม่น้ำ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 64 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 11 4 1 1 1 5",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
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      "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "deruta",
      "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
      "word": "デルタ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "delta",
      "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
      "word": "델타"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
      "word": "tēira"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "ḍelṭā",
      "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "डेल्टा"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dɛ́lʹta",
      "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "де́льта"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delta"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "deel-dtâa",
      "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
      "word": "เดลตา"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet",
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "diltā",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧دِلْتَا⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "delta",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "դելտա"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "délʹta",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дэ́льта"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "sabang"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "délta",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "де́лта"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "tsuwadaloosvhi",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "ᏧᏩᏓᎶᎣᏒᎯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sānjiǎozhōu",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "三角洲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "delto"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "suisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "delṭa",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "დელტა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "délta",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "δέλτα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "délta",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "δέλτα"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "mukhatrikoṇ",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "મુખત્રિકોણ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "delta",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧דלתה⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mukhatrikoṇ",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "मुखत्रिकोण"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "tribhuj",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "त्रिभुज"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "tikon",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "तिकोन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "deltatorkolat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "kuala"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さんかくす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sankakusu",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "三角州"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "atyrau",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "атырау"
    },
    {
      "alt": "三角洲",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "samgakju",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "삼각주"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
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      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "delta",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "делта"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "pūwaiwaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dêlta",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "⁧دلتا⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deltă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dɛ́lʹta",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "де́льта"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "делта"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sd",
      "lang": "Sindhi",
      "roman": "Tikor",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "⁧ٽِڪور⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      ],
      "word": "delta"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
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      ],
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "delta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "sabangan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "din-dɔɔn-sǎam-lìiam",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "ดินดอนสามเหลี่ยม"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "sǎam-lìiam-bpàak-mɛ̂ɛ-náam",
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    },
    {
      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "din-dɔɔn-sǎam-lìiam-bpàak-mɛ̂ɛ-náam",
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    },
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "delta"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "alt": "垌平",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
      "word": "đồng bằng"
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      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "landform at the mouth of a river",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fr",
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mathematical symbol Δ",
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      ],
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      "code": "el",
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        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ḍelṭā",
      "sense": "mathematical symbol Δ",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
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    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "ro",
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      ],
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      "code": "ru",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "fi",
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    },
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      "code": "fi",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "computing: set of differences between two versions of a file",
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    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "surveying: angle at the center of a circular arc",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "electric connection",
      "word": "kolmio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "delta"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "electric connection",
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      ],
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "electric connection",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    }
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        {
          "ref": "2007, B. J. Copeland, “Tunny and Colossus: Breaking the Lorenz Schlüsselzusatz traffic”, in Karl de Leeuw, Jan Bergstra, editors, The History of Information Security: A Comprehensive Handbook, Amsterdam: Elsevier, page 458",
          "text": "Turingery worked on deltaed key to produce the deltaed contribution of the chi-wheels. Turing's discovery that delta-ing would reveal information otherwise hidden was essential to the developments that followed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To calculate the differences between the characters in an enciphered text and the characters a fixed number of positions previous."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cryptography",
          "cryptography"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cryptography) To calculate the differences between the characters in an enciphered text and the characters a fixed number of positions previous."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "cryptography",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1992, Israel Silverberg, Source File Management With SCCS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, page 166",
          "text": "The primary function of this command is to delta the product version file (if it has been retrieved for edit). However, prior to deltaing the product version file, the work source tree is searched to verify that no other source files are still waiting to be deltaed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To compare two versions of the same file in order to determine where they differ (where a programmer has made edits)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) To compare two versions of the same file in order to determine where they differ (where a programmer has made edits)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɛltə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdɛɫtə]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛltə"
    },
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      "tags": [
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  "wikipedia": [
    "Lena River"
  ],
  "word": "delta"
}

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