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'''Delta''' commonly refers to:

* [[Delta (letter)]] (Δ or δ), the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet
* [[D]] (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta"), the fourth letter in the Latin alphabet
* [[River delta]], at a river mouth
* [[Delta Air Lines]], a major US carrier 

'''Delta''' may also refer to:
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==Places==
===Canada===
* [[Delta, British Columbia]]
** [[Delta (federal electoral district)]], a federal electoral district
** [[Delta (provincial electoral district)]]
* [[Delta, Ontario]]

===United States===
* [[Mississippi Delta]]
* [[Arkansas Delta]]
* [[Delta, Alabama]]
* [[Delta Junction, Alaska]]
* [[Delta, Colorado]]
* [[Delta, Illinois]]
* [[Delta, Iowa]]
* [[Delta, Kentucky]] 
* [[Delta, Louisiana]]
* [[Delta, Missouri]]
* [[Delta, North Carolina]]
* [[Delta, Ohio]]
* [[Delta, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta]], California
* [[Delta, Utah]]
* [[Delta, Wisconsin]], a town and an unincorporated community
* [[Delta County (disambiguation)]]

===Elsewhere===
* [[Delta Island]], Antarctica
* [[Delta Stream]], Antarctica
* [[Delta, Minas Gerais]], Brazil
* [[Nile Delta]], Egypt
* [[Delta, Thessaloniki]], Greece
* [[Delta State]], Nigeria
* [[Delta, Astrakhan Oblast]], Russia
* [[Colonia Delta]], Uruguay

==Arts and entertainment==
===Fictional elements===
* Delta Megazord, a Megazord in ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]''
* Deltas, a working class in Aldous Huxley's ''[[Brave New World]]''

===Film and television===
* [[Delta (2008 film)|''Delta'' (2008 film)]], Hungary
* [[Delta (American TV series)|''Delta'' (American TV series)]], 1992
* [[Delta (Australian TV series)|''Delta'' (Australian TV series)]], 1969
* ''[[Macross Delta]]'' or ''Macross Δ'', in the ''Macross'' anime series

===Music===
* [[Alt-J]] (∆), a British indie band
* [[Delta blues]], a music style
* "Delta", a song by Crosby, Stills & Nash from ''[[Daylight Again]]'', 1982

====Albums====
* [[Delta (video album)|''Delta'' (video album)]], 2003, Delta Goodrem
* [[Delta (Delta Goodrem album)|''Delta'' (Delta Goodrem album)]], 2007
* [[Delta (Visions of Atlantis album)|''Delta'' (Visions of Atlantis album)]], 2011
* [[Delta (Mumford & Sons album)|''Delta'' (Mumford & Sons album)]], 2018
* ''Delta'', by [[Shapeshifter (band)|Shapeshifter]], 2013

===Other media===
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid Delta]]'', a video game
*Subject Delta, the main protagonist of [[Bioshock 2]]
* [[Delta (poetry magazine)|''Delta'' (poetry magazine)]]
* [[Delta (science magazine)|''Delta'' (science magazine)]]
* [[Delta (video game)|''Delta'' (video game)]], 1987
* [[Delta FM]] or Delta Radio, a former UK radio station

==Businesses and organizations==
===Companies===
* [[Delta Air Lines]], US
** [[Delta Connection]], a Delta Air Lines brand
* [[Delta Bank]], Ukraine
* [[Delta Cafés]], a Portuguese coffee company 
* [[Delta Electric Company]]
* [[Delta Electricity]], Australia
* [[Delta Electronics]], Taiwan
* [[Delta Faucet Company]]
* [[Delta Holding]], a Serbian corporation
* [[Delta Hotels]], Canada
* [[Delta Machinery]], a tool company
* [[Delta Motor Corporation]], South Africa
* [[Delta Computer]], a defunct computer company
* [[Delta Motors Corporation]], a former automobile company in the Philippines
* [[Delta (company)]], a Dutch cable operator

===Schools===
* [[Delta State (disambiguation)]], several universities
* [[Delta College (disambiguation)]]
* [[Delta Academy (disambiguation)]]
* [[Delta Secondary School (disambiguation)]]
* [[Delta High School (disambiguation)]]
* [[Delta School District (disambiguation)]]
* [[Delta Career Education Corporation]], US
* [[Delta International University of New Orleans]], Louisiana, US
* [[Delta Schools]], Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

===Law enforcement and military===
* [[Delta (Norwegian police unit)]]
* [[Delta Force]], U.S. Army special operations
* [[Space Force Delta]], US Space Force logo
* [[Space Delta]], a command echelon in the structure of the United States Space Force

===Other organizations===
* [[Delta Sigma Theta]], a historically Black college sorority often referred to simply as "Delta".
* [[STC Delta]], a Georgian R&D center
* [[American Delta Party]], an American political party
* [[San Francisco Deltas]], a soccer team

==Finance==
* [[Delta (finance)]], rate of change of a value
* [[Visa Delta]] or Visa Debit, a debit card

==People==
* Δ, signature  of [[David Macbeth Moir]] (1798–1851), Scottish physician and writer 
* [[Delta Burke]] (born 1956), American actress
* [[Delta Dorsch]] (1915–2011), U.S. Virgin Islands public servant
* [[Delta Goodrem]] (born 1984), Australian singer
* [[Delta Work]] (Gabriel A. Villarreal), American drag performer
* [[Penelope Delta]] (1874–1941), Greek author
* [[Delta (wrestler)]] (born 1985), Mexican professional wrestler

==Science and technology==
===Chemistry===
* Δ (delta), right-handed isomer in a [[coordination complex#Optical isomerism|coordination complex]]
* [[Delta convention]], for designating allenes
* Δ, notation for double bond positions in [[fatty acid#Carbon atom numbering|fatty acids]]

===Computing===
* [[Delta (computer)]], a Russian ZX Spectrum clone
* [[Delta encoding]] or delta compression, in computer communications
* [[Delta timing]], in relation to hardware and network responsiveness
* [[Delta (emulator)]], a video game console emulator
* DELTA, an [[OpenVMS#Programming|OpenVMS]] debugger

===Earth sciences===
* [[Epicentral distance]] (Δ)
* [[Subtropical Storm Delta (1972)]], Atlantic 
* [[Tropical Storm Delta (2005)]], Atlantic 
* [[Hurricane Delta]], (2020) Atlantic

===Mathematics===
* Δ, a difference of state between two before and after state schemas in the [[Z notation]]
* <math>\delta</math>, the first [[Feigenbaum constant]]
* Delta connective, a unary connective in [[t-norm fuzzy logics]]
* [[Delta method]] for approximating the distribution of a function
* [[Difference operator]] (Δ)
* [[Dirac delta function]] ({{mvar|δ}} function)
* [[Kronecker delta]] (<math>\delta_{ij}</math>)
* [[Laplace operator]] (Δ)
* [[Modular discriminant]] (Δ)
* [[Symmetric difference]] (Δ)
* Non-inferiority margin (δ)
* Δ{{su|p=''m''|b=''n''}}, a class of sets in the [[analytical hierarchy]], for every natural number ''m'', ''n''

===Medicine and biology===
* [[Delta (ligand)]], an activator of the notch signaling pathway
* [[DELTA (taxonomy)]], a data format for descriptions of living things
* [[Delta (wasp)|''Delta'' (wasp)]], Old World genus of potter wasps
* [[Delta (moth)|''Delta'' (moth)]] (''Campydelta''), a genus
* [[Delta variant]], of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19
* [[Delta wave]], a brain wave

===Vehicles===
* [[Delta (rocket family)]]
* Delta, a [[tricycle]] layout
* [[Daihatsu Delta]], trucks
* [[Delta formation]], V-shaped aircraft formation
* [[Delta wing]], a triangular aircraft wing
* [[Delta-class submarine|''Delta''-class submarine]] (NATO reporting name),  Soviet/Russian SSBN
* [[General Motors Delta platform]], a car platform
* [[GSM Delta]], a South African sports car sold in the United Kingdom
* [[Lancia Delta]], an Italian rally car
* [[Oldsmobile Delta 88]], a GM 1965–1983
* [[TrikeBuggy Delta]], an American ultralight trike

===Other science and technology===
* Refractory delta, in the roof of an [[electric arc furnace]]
* [[Delta baryon]], a subatomic particle
* Delta circuit, in [[three-phase electric power#Delta (Δ)|three-phase electric power]]
* [[Delta robot]], a delta-shaped parallel robot
* [[Ilford Delta]], a photographic film
* Depleted Lean-channel Transistor, the first type of [[fin field-effect transistor]]

==Sport==
* [[Delta (horse)]] (1946–1960), Australia
* [[Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils and Devilettes]], sports teams, Itta Bena, Mississippi, US
* [[San Francisco Deltas]], a soccer team
* [[Delta (orienteering club)]], a Finnish former club

==Other uses==
* [[Delta Dental]], an American system
* [[Delta Works]], a flood-protection works in the Netherlands
* Delta, a font designed by [[Aldo Novarese]]
* [[Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages]]
* Delta, a quadra group used in [[socionics#Quadras|socionics]]<!--not science-->

==See also==
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* [[The Delta (disambiguation)]]
* [[Delta model]], a strategic management model
* [[Nabla symbol]] (<math>\nabla</math>), an inverted delta representing del, a vector differential operator
* [[Kronecker delta]] (<math> \delta_{ij}</math>), a function
* [[Dirac delta]] (<math> \delta(x)</math>), a function
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* <math>\Delta ABC</math>, a [[triangle]] defined by points A, B and C
* [[(ε, δ)-definition of limit]]
* [[Δ%|<math> \Delta \%</math>]] (%CH), a percentage change operation found on some calculators
* <math>\Delta^0_n</math>, a classification in the [[arithmetical hierarchy]]
* <math>\Delta^1_n</math>, a classification in the [[analytical hierarchy]]
* <math>\Delta^P_i</math>, a classification in the [[polynomial hierarchy]]
* [[Δ13C|''δ''<sup>13</sup>C]], a measure of the ratio of stable isotopes 13C:12C
* [[Δ15N|''δ''<sup>15</sup>N]], a measure of the ratio of stable isotopes 15N:14N
* [[Δ18O|''δ''<sup>18</sup>O]], a measure of the ratio of stable isotopes oxygen-18:oxygen-16
* [[DeltaWing]], a prototype racing car
* [[High-leg delta]], a three phase electrical circuit
* [[Delta Delta Delta]], a sorority
* [[Delta function (disambiguation)]]
* [[Task Force Delta (disambiguation)]]
* [[Delta Force (disambiguation)]]
* [[Delta class (disambiguation)]]
* [[Delta 1 (disambiguation)]]
* [[Delta 4 (disambiguation)]]
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