del

¹

[ del ]

1. (in names of Spanish derivation) a contraction of de and the article el:

   Estanislao del Campo.

2. (in names of Italian derivation) a contraction of di and the article il: Giovanni del Monte.

del

²

[ del ]

noun

, Mathematics.

1. a differential operator. : ∇

del.

³

abbreviation for

1. delegate; delegation.
2. delete; deletion.
3. delineavit.

Del.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. Delaware.

Del.

¹

abbreviation for

1. Delaware

del.

²

abbreviation for

1. delegate

del

³

/ dɛl /

noun

1. maths the differential operator i (∂/∂ x ) + j (∂/∂ y ) + k (∂/∂ z ), where i , j , and k are unit vectors in the x , y , and z directions ∇ Also callednabla

Word History and Origins

Origin of del¹

First recorded in 1900–05; short form of delta

Example Sentences

To compare, Lana Del Rey sold over 100,000 copies that same week.

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For Big Eyes, you commissioned a pair of songs by Lana Del Rey.

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I was hunkered down in my seat in the Municipalidad del Cuzco and thrilled—my heart was beating so fast!

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“The horror film is a very political genre,” writer/director Guillermo del Toro said in an interview with Time magazine in 2011.

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The cabin styling was in the hands of Frank Del Giudice, a designer based in New York at a company called Walter Dorwin Teague.

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Two of these pictures are in the Museo del Prado, at Madrid.

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A writer gives the following account of the love the Terra Del Fuegians have for tobacco.

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In Havana, were a man to ask for a Flor del Fumar, the dealer would ask him what size he wanted.

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General Pio del Pilar slept in the city every night, ready to give the rocket-signal for revolt.

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We were constantly so near Terra del Fuego that we could make out every bush with the naked eye.

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