All 12 Uses of
delta
in
Dune
- The sand fingers ran out into the basin—a dry delta outlined against darker rock.
Book 1delta = geological area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
- Glancing at the grid chart on rollers over their heads, he spoke into the microphone: "Calling crawler at Delta Ajax niner.†
Book 1
- Crawler at Delta Ajax niner.†
Book 1
- The panel speaker emitted static crackles, then a voice: "Who calls Delta Ajax niner?†
Book 1
- Again, the speaker crackled, then: "This is Delta Ajax niner.†
Book 1
- We are coming down to take off Delta Ajax niner's crew.†
Book 1
- He keyed back to the working frequency, barked: "All right, you in Delta Ajax niner!†
Book 1
- They'd flown over the southern jungles, above the weed-wild shouting leaves and rice paddies of the deltas.
Book 2 *deltas = geological areas where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
- …Zensunni Wanderers from the first, second, and third Islamic movements; the Navachristianity of Chusuk, the Buddislamic Variants of the types dominant at Lankiveil and Sikun, the Blend Books of the Mahayana Lankavatara, the Zen Hekiganshu of III Delta Pavonis, the Tawrah and Talmudic Zabur surviving on Salusa Secundus, the pervasive Obeah Ritual, the Muadh Quran with its pure Ilm and Fiqh preserved among the pundi rice farmers of Caladan, the Hindu outcroppings found all through the…†
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- CALADAN: third planet of Delta Pavonis; birthworld of Paul-Muad'Dib.†
Book Term
- It is supposed to have been a no longer existent satellite of Delta Pavonis.†
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- (Narvi narviium) grown only on Salusa Secundus and III Delta Kaising.†
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Definition:
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(delta as in: river delta) a typically triangular area with sand or soil where a river divides before entering a larger body of water