The Supreme Court's ruling, however, was neither followed by Georgia nor enforced by the U.S. government. President Andrew Jackson, sensitive to Georgia's claims of independence at a time when the states wielded considerable power, had no interest in enforcing the Court's decree.
Medical Definition of delta. 1  1: of or relating to one of four or more closely related chemical substances the delta chain of fetal hemoglobin Î´-yohimbineâused somewhat arbitrarily to specify ordinal relationship or a particular physical form and especially one that is allotropic, isomeric, or stereoisomeric (as in Î´-benzene hexachloride)
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: delâ²ta, n. the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, the capital form of which is Î´: a tract of land of like shape formed at the mouth of a river.ân. DeltaficÄâ²tion, the process of forming a delta.âadj.