wavelet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wavelet
Example Sentences
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Topol described the recent increase in transmission as a “wavelet” that could pick up steam but is more likely related to waning immunity and behavior than the latest subvariants.
From Los Angeles Times
How does the summer “wavelet” speak to the virus’s seasonality, which many experts are trying to pin down?
From Scientific American
It drove twigs, dust and street debris before it, created wavelets on the Potomac River, and with a low hum and hiss, rewarded attempts to wield the garden hose with a face full of spray.
From Washington Post
If women’s lib is commonly thought to have progressed in successive wavelets over the better part of a century, “After Sappho” wants to rewrite that linear story into a swirl — not waves but eddies.
From Los Angeles Times
The wave, however, turned out to be more of a wavelet.
From BBC
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