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

1. delegate; delegation.

2. delete; deletion.

3. delineavit.

Del.

⁴

abbreviation

1. Delaware.

Del.

¹

abbreviation

1. Delaware

del.

²

abbreviation

1. delegate

del

³

/ dɛl /

noun

1. ∇. Also called: nabla. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Del.¹

First recorded in 1900–05; short form of delta

Example Sentences

He and his wife, Cathy, split their time between Frisco, Texas, and San José del Cabo, Mexico.

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The 57-year-old, from Airdrie in North Lanarkshire, went missing in 2022 and left a false suicide note - but was caught by police two years later on a beach on the Costa Del Sol.

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Vino del Sol imports both the Wapisa and Tapiz wines.

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Del Toro is wired into the outrage in Mary Shelley’s sly 1818 novel, a nightmarish satire about men who care only about yelling “first!” without asking what horrors come next.

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Henrich, an early adopter of daguerreotype cameras, shoots photographs of women posing with skulls like he’s paving the way for Del Toro’s whole filmography.

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