Delt vs Deltoid - What's the difference?
delt | deltoid | Derived terms |
(slang) Shoulder
* 2005 , F. Paul Wilson, Midnight Mass? , page 67
* {{quote-book, year=1589, author=Anonymous, title=A Declaration of the Causes, which mooved the chiefe Commanders of the Nauie of her most excellent Maiestie the Queene of England, in their voyage and expedition for Portingal, to take and arrest in the mouth of the Riuer of Lisbone, certaine Shippes of corne and other prouisions of warre bound for the said Citie, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Here now they cry out, that the Commaunders of our Fleete haue delt iniuriously with them, they exclaime that the leagues are broken, that their old priuiledges in England are violated, which they chalenge to belong to their Cities, and ought to be kept and mainteined. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1597, author=King James I, title=Daemonologie., chapter=, edition=
, passage=PHILOMATHES. Indeede there is cause inough, but rather to leaue him at all, then to runne more plainlie to him, if they were wise he delt with. }}
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The deltoid muscle, a triangular muscle on the human shoulder.
The deltoid ligament, a triangular ligament on the human ankle.
In the shape of the upper case Greek letter delta ; triangular.
Of, or connected with the
(botany, of leaves) Of a triangular or roughly triangular shape and attached to the stem via the side.
Delt is a derived term of deltoid.
As nouns the difference between delt and deltoid
is that delt is (slang) shoulder while deltoid is the deltoid muscle, a triangular muscle on the human shoulder.As a verb delt
is .As a adjective deltoid is
in the shape of the upper case greek letter delta ; triangular.delt
English
Noun
(en noun)- she had this tat of a devil face sticking out a Gene Simmons-class tongue on her left delt .
Synonyms
* (shoulder) shoulderVerb
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