Japanese edit

 デルタ on Japanese Wikipedia
 Δ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN