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delta

5 definitions • 5 examples
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an area of low, flat land, sometimes shaped like a triangle, where a river divides into several smaller rivers before flowing into the sea:

Examples:

the Mississippi delta
river delta The country includes the largest river delta in the world.
delta of the delta of the Nile
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an area of low, flat land, sometimes shaped approximately like a triangle, where a river divides into several smaller rivers before flowing into the sea:

Examples:

the Mississippi delta
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a change in a figure or amount
5
the measurement of how the price of an option changes compared to the price of the shares, etc. that it is based on:

Examples:

A delta of 0.5 means that for every $1.00 that the stock goes up, the option price rises by $0.50.

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