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Pi vs Delta - What's the difference?

pi | delta |

As a noun pi

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As an acronym delta is

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pi

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The name of the sixteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.
  • (mathematics) An irrational and transcendental constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a Euclidean circle to its diameter; approximately 3.1415926535897932384626433832795; usually written .
  • (metal typesetting) Metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered. Also called pie.
  • Synonyms

    * (irrational constant) Archimedes' constant, Ludolph's constant, Ludolph's number

    Verb

  • (metal typesetting) To spill or mix printing type. Also, "to pie".
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • (typography) Not part of the usual font character set; especially, non-Roman type or symbols as opposed to standard alphanumeric Roman type.
  • In computing, pi characters are entered with special combinations of keys like ctrl-alt-x, or via character sequences such as &
  • 123;.
  • Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • (typography) pica (conventionally, 12 points = 1 pica, 6 picas = 1 inch)
  • piaster
  • pious
  • Anagrams

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    delta

    English

    (wikipedia delta)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • This will slow the main code path down, but only by delta .
  • (computing) The set of differences between two versions of a file.
  • When you update the file, the system will only save the deltas .
  • (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.
  • Derived terms

    * delta connection * delta iron * delta metal * delta particle * delta wing

    See also

    * deltoid *

    Anagrams

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