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# Dirac delta function
-The **Dirac delta function** $\delta(x)$, often just called the **delta function**,
-is an infinitely narrow discontinuous "spike" at $x = 0$ whose area is
+The **Dirac delta function** $\delta(x)$, often just the **delta function**,
+is a function (or, more accurately, a [Schwartz distribution](/know/concept/schwartz-distribution/))
+that is commonly used in physics.
+It is an infinitely narrow discontinuous "spike" at $x = 0$ whose area is
defined to be 1:
$$\begin{aligned}
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\end{aligned}$$
-It is sometimes also called the **sampling function**, due to its most
+It is sometimes also called the **sampling function**, thanks to its most
important property: the so-called **sampling property**:
$$\begin{aligned}