Delft
pronunciation
How to pronounce Delft in British English:
UK [delft]
How to pronounce Delft in American English:
US [dɛlft]
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- Noun:
- a style of glazed earthenware; usually white with blue decoration
Word Origin
- Delft
- town in Holland,named from its chief canal, from Dutch delf, literally "ditch, canal;" which is related to Old English dælf and modern delve. As a short form of delftware, attested from 1714.
Example
- 1. Faculty of applied sciences , delft university of technology .
- 2. But this technique could not read out the answer in a system with many more qubits , says quantum-computing expert hans mooij from the delft university of technology in the netherlands .
- 3. It looks rather like a futuristic stretch limousine , but its actual function is rather more populist : the superbus is a novel public-transport system being developed in the netherlands by the delft university of technology .
- 4. The work is taking place at delft technical university , the netherlands .
- 5. Delft university of technology , research fellow .