Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Sibilance. sibâ²i-lans, n. a hissing soundâalso Sibâ²ilancy.âadj. Sibâ²ilant, making a hissing sound.ân. a sibilant letter, as s and z.âv.t. Sibâ²ilÄte, to pronounce with a hissing sound.ân. SibilÄâ²tion, a hissing sound.âadjs.
Definition: A delta wave is a type of high amplitude brain wave found in humans. Delta waves have a frequency from one to four hertz and are measured using an electroencephalogram (EEG). These brain waves are thought to emerge from the thalamus and are generally associated with slow-wave sleep (during stages three and four of the stages of sleep.
A river delta is a landform that forms from deposition of sediment carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower-moving or standing water. This occurs where a river enters an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, or (more rarely) another river that cannot transport away the supplied sediment.Despite a popular legend, this use of the word delta was not coined by Herodotus.nce a wave-or river-distributary silts up, it is abandoned, and a new channel forms elsewhere. In a tidal delta, new distributaries are formed during times when there's a lot of water around â such as floods or storm surges. These distributaries slowly silt up at a pretty constant rate until they fizzle out.