デルタ

Japanese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

デルタ (rōmaji 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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