delta
三角洲,德尔塔,三角形,三角洲地区
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- : the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet.
- : the consonant sound represented by this letter.
- : the fourth in a series of items.
- : anything triangular, like the Greek capital delta.
- : Mathematics. an incremental change in a variable, as Δ or δ.
- : a nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river, often, though not necessarily, triangular: the Nile delta.
- : a word used in communications to represent the letter D.
- : Astronomy. a star that is usually the fourth brightest of a constellation: The fourth brightest star in the Southern Cross is Delta Crucis.
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The rover filmed the ground coming closer and closer, getting glimpses of a river delta, craters, ripples and fractured terrain.
It is so overused that it no longer flows into its delta in the Gulf of California.
The rover may have to drive around those sand dunes to get to the delta formation.
The landing site, Jezero crater, is a former lake bed with an ancient delta where waters may have once deposited sediments that could preserve fossilized materials or other evidence of life.
Perseverance landed in Jezero Crater, which is an ancient river delta.
When Tonie Tobias started at Delta in 1996 she was shy and closeted.
Delta was a sponsor of the HRC dinner here in Atlanta and I went and met her there.
Companies like Delta, Apple, and Nike flex their political muscle on behalf of gay rights.
I told them the story about how Delta helped her propose to me in the middle of the international terminal here at Delta.
It was because of Delta that I actually started helping out in the community, volunteering.
The character , as Westphal shows, is for , or delta with part of one side left out.
Agassiz represents the Fraser delta and Kamloops the southern interior district.
It ran into the lake about a quarter of a mile from our tent, forming a good-sized delta at its mouth.
It was in the fifth year of his reign that the Delta was attacked by a formidable combination of foes.
This part is called the Delta from its likeness to the Greek letter of that name, which is of a triangular form.