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To: conservativesister; little jermiah

When people use “delta” here it is in then sense of change:

From Wikipedia:

The uppercase letter Δ is used to denote:

Change of any changeable quantity, in mathematics and the sciences (more specifically, the difference operator....

When I copied this from Wikepedia, the equation examples they gave wouldn’t copy, so go to this link to find the rest of the explanation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_(letter)


461 posted on 02/08/2021 4:25:21 PM PST by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: Bigg Red

I just know I am too dumb to understand the rest! ThanQ!!


467 posted on 02/08/2021 4:32:51 PM PST by little jeremiah (Thirst for truth is the most valuable possession and no one can take it away from you.)
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To: Bigg Red

Thanks for the answer, but I’ve got a mental block on Delta, it is just not computing for me.


472 posted on 02/08/2021 4:38:54 PM PST by conservativesister
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To: Bigg Red

I have been using the delta symbol for change in my notes since 1977. Or before.


493 posted on 02/08/2021 5:20:26 PM PST by ichabod1 (#notmypresident #resisttyranny #resisttranny)
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To: Bigg Red

*the sense


526 posted on 02/08/2021 6:28:32 PM PST by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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