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Peninsula
A peninsula (Latin: paeninsula from paene “almost” and insula “island”) is a piece of land surrounded by water on the majority of its border, while being connected to a mainland from which it extends. Examples are the Upper and Lower peninsulas of the U.S. state of Michigan, the Scandinavian Peninsula and the Malay peninsula. The surrounding water is usually understood to be continuous, though not necessarily named as a single body of water. Peninsulas are not always named as such; one can also be a headland, cape, island promontory, bill, point, or spit. A point is generally considered a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water that is less prominent than a cape. A river which courses through a very tight meander is also sometimes said to form a “peninsula” within the (almost closed) loop of water. In English, the plurals of peninsula are peninsulas and, less commonly, peninsulae.
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Peninsula (noun)
A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
“byland|cape|chersonese|half-island|headland|ness”
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Delta (noun)
The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ.
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Delta (noun)
A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.
“w|Nile Delta|Nile Delta”
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Delta (noun)
The letter D in the ICAO spelling alphabet, which assigns words to letters of the alphabet.
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Delta (noun)
The symbol Δ.
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Delta (noun)
A small but noticeable effect. Compare epsilon.
“This will slow the main code path down, but only by delta.”
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Delta (noun)
The set of differences between two versions of a file.
“When you update the file, the system will only save the deltas.”
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Delta (noun)
The angle subtended at the center of a circular arc.
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Delta (noun)
A type of cargo bike that has one wheel in front and two in back.
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Delta (noun)
The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, especially in a three-phase system.
“delta winding; delta connection; delta current”
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Delta (noun)
The rate of change in an option value with respect to the underlying asset’s price.
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Delta (noun)
A value in delta notation indicating the relative abundances of isotopes.
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Peninsula (noun)
a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.
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Delta (noun)
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ), transliterated as ‘d’.
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Delta (noun)
a fourth-class mark given for an essay, examination paper, or other piece of work.
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Delta (noun)
the fourth in a series of items, categories, etc.
“delta hepatitis”
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Delta (noun)
the fourth (usually fourth-brightest) star in a constellation
“Delta Cephei”
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Delta (noun)
a record of the differences between two versions of a file
“updates will be delivered as delta updates instead of complete application downloads”
“the diff command can be used to generate the delta between two files”
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Delta (noun)
a code word representing the letter D, used in radio communication.
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Delta (noun)
a triangular tract of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river, typically where it diverges into several outlets
“the Nile delta”
“a huge delta system developed”