👉 The term "deltic" is a mathematical concept used in engineering, particularly related to the relationship between the position of two points or lines. It refers to the slope of a line that is tangent to an ellipse (which can be thought of as a curve) at one point. In the context of ellipse geometry, a deltic represents the slope of the tangent line to the ellipse at the center of the ellipse. The term "deltic" comes from the Latin word for "slope," which
