Meander vs Delta - What's the difference?
meander | delta |
A winding, crooked, or involved course.
* Sir R. Blackmore
A tortuous or intricate movement.
Fretwork.
(math) A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.
To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.
To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.
The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet .
A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.
The letter D in the ICAO spelling alphabet, which assigns words to letters of the alphabet.
(mathematics) The symbol .
(computing, informal) A small but noticeable effect, compare with epsilon.
(computing) The set of differences between two versions of a file.
(surveying) The angle subtended at the center of a circular arc.
A type of cargo bike that has one wheel in front and two in back.
As nouns the difference between meander and delta
is that meander is a winding, crooked, or involved course while delta is the fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ.As a verb meander
is to wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.As a proper noun Delta is
a CDP in Alabama.As an acronym DELTA is
Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults, an advanced qualification to teach English, higher than the CELTA, accredited by the University of Cambridge.meander
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(wikipedia meander) (en noun)- the meanders of an old river, or of the veins and arteries in the body
- While lingering rivers in meanders glide.
Derived terms
* meander belt * meanderer * meandering * meanderian * meanderic * meanderiform * meanderine * meander line * meander loop * meandrous * meandryVerb
(en verb)- The stream meandered through the valley.
- (Dryton)
References
* The Chambers Dictionary (1998)Anagrams
* *delta
English
(wikipedia delta)Noun
(en noun)- This will slow the main code path down, but only by delta .
- When you update the file, the system will only save the deltas .