Del is a vector differential operator represented by the symbol ∇ (nabla).
Del or DEL can also refer to:
Mathematics
- A name for the partial derivative symbol ∂
- Dynamic epistemic logic
Geography
- Del, Iran, a village in West Azerbaijan Province
- DEL or Del, Delaware, a U.S. state
Astronomy
- Del, abbreviation for the constellation Delphinus
Politics
- Del., abbreviation for non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives
People and fictional characters
- Del Andrews (1894–1942), American film director and screenwriter
- Del Baker (1892–1973), American baseball player, coach, and manager
- Del Ballard Jr. (born 1963), American ten-pin bowler
- Del Barber (born 1983), Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer
- Del Bissonette (1899–1972), American baseball player, coach, and manager
- Del Bryan (born 1967), English boxer
- Del Close (1934–1999), American actor and writer
- Del Courtney (1910–2006), American jazz bandleader
- Del Crandall (born 1930), American baseball player and manager
- Del de Guzman (born 1963), Filipino politician
- Del Delker (1924–2018), American gospel singer
- Del Dettmar (born 1947), English rock keyboardist
- Del Ennis (1925–1996), American baseball player
- Del Flanagan (1928–2003), American boxer
- Del Fontaine (1904–1935), Canadian boxer and convicted murderer
- Del Gainer (1886–1947), American baseball player
- Del Harris (born 1937), American basketball coach
- Del Harrison, American comedian and actress
- Del Henney (1935–2019), British actor
- Del Hodgkinson (born 1939), English rugby league player
- Del Howison (born 1953), American horror writer and actor
- Del McCoury (born 1939), American bluegrass and country musician
- Del Moore (1916–1970), American comedian, actor, and radio announcer
- Del Reeves (1932–2007), American country singer
- Del Shannon (1934–1990), American rock and country singer-songwriter
- Del Thompson (born 1958), American football player
- Del Vaughn (1942–1972), American television reporter and correspondent
- Del Webb (1899–1974), American real estate developer and baseball owner
- Del tha Funkee Homosapien (short for "Delvon"), American hip hop artist
- Del Boy (short for "Derek"), fictional lead character in the BBC comedy series Only Fools and Horses
- Del Dingle, fictional character in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale
- Del, a fictional robot alligator villager from the video game series Animal Crossing
Computing
- DEL, Data-Entry Language, predecessor of the Lua programming language
- Del (command), a DOS, OS/2, and Microsoft Windows shell command
<del></del>, HTML tags used to mark text for deletion- Delete character, also known as rubout
- Delete key, abbreviated Del on computer keyboards
Acronyms
- Department for Employment and Learning, part of the Northern Ireland government
- Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the premier ice hockey league in Germany
- DNA Encoded Chemical Library, a technology for the synthesis and screening of collections of chemical compounds
Codes
- DEL, IATA code for Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, India
- del, ISO 639-2 and 639-3 codes for the Delaware languages of Native Americans
See also
- DEL2, the second tier of ice hockey in Germany, below the DEL
- Deel (disambiguation)
- Dell (disambiguation)