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==Primary Purpose==
 
This template produces the string "Δ" as a shortcut to using the [[HTML entity]] <code>&amp;Delta;</code> and/or various other operating-system- or web-browser-dependent [[input method]]s for producing the same [[Unicode]] symbol [http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/394/index.htm U+0394] ([[Δ]]).
 
 
 
'''Note.''' This symbol is not recommended by Unicode for use in mathematics as an [[operator]]. Unicode has a mathematical operators block distinct from the Greek & Coptic block; their operators block has a [http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2206/index.htm U+2206] (&#8710;) for use as "Laplace operator
 
difference, forward increment, forward difference, symmetric difference". In practice, this distinction is not always respected.<ref name="Korpela2006">{{cite book|author=Jukka K. Korpela|title=Unicode explained|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=lxndiWaFMvMC&pg=PA196|year=2006|publisher=O'Reilly Media, Inc.|isbn=978-0-596-10121-3|pages=196-197}}</ref>
 
 
 
===Syntax===
 
{{tl|DELTA}}
 
 
 
===Example===
 
<pre>
 
Rise over run is represented by <sup>{{DELTA}}Y</sup>/<sub>{{DELTA}}X</sub> in introductory mathematics.
 
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Rise over run is represented by <sup>{{DELTA}}Y</sup>/<sub>{{DELTA}}X</sub> in introductory mathematics.
 
 
 
===See also===
 
* {{tl|delta}}
 
 
 
==Subsidiary purpose==
 
The template has been used to represent the Wikipedian [[User:Δ]] (not to be confused with [[User:Delta]]), as a noun-term in text. This purpose may be accessed via the redirect {{tl|BCD}} .
 
 
 
In this context, the template may be substituted by editors or automated processes.
 
 
 
===Syntax===
 
{{tl|BCD}}
 
 
 
===Example===
 
<pre>
 
The editor who proposed this feature was {{BCD}}, on 11th of June.
 
</pre>
 
 
 
The editor who proposed this feature was {{BCD}}, on 11th of June.
 
 
 
===See also===
 
* [[WP:UUN]] — list of other active Wikipedians with non-ASCII symbols in their names and typing aids for inputting those.
 
* [[BCD]] — an acronym for several other things.
 
 
 
==Notes==
 
{{reflist}}
 
 
 
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[[Category:Typing-aid templates]]
 
 
 
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Purpose

This template produces the string "Δ" as a shortcut to using the HTML entity &Delta; and/or various other operating-system- or web-browser-dependent input methods for producing the same Unicode symbol U+0394 (Δ).

Note. This symbol is not recommended by Unicode for use in mathematics as an operator. Unicode has a mathematical operators block distinct from the Greek & Coptic block; their operators block has a U+2206 (∆) for use as "Laplace operator difference, forward increment, forward difference, symmetric difference". In practice, this distinction is not always respected.[1]

Syntax

{{DELTA}}

Example

Rise over run is represented by <sup>{{DELTA}}Y</sup>/<sub>{{DELTA}}X</sub> in introductory mathematics.

Rise over run is represented by ΔY/ΔX in introductory mathematics.

See also

Notes

  1. Jukka K. Korpela (2006). Unicode explained. O'Reilly Media, Inc. pp. 196–197. ISBN 978-0-596-10121-3.