wavelet

[ weyv-lit ]

/ ˈweɪv lɪt /

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noun

a small wave; ripple.

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Origin of wavelet

First recorded in 1800–10; wave + -let

Words nearby wavelet

wave-form, wave front, wave function, waveguide, wavelength, wavelet, Wavell, wavellite, wave mechanics, wavemeter, wave moth

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How to use wavelet in a sentence

In an increasingly data-driven world, mathematical tools known as wavelets have become an indispensable way to analyze and understand information.
How Wavelets Allow Researchers to Transform, and Understand, Data|Alexander Hellemans|October 13, 2021|Quanta Magazine
I lifted my facetoward the sun, closed my eyes until I could seethe wavelets behind my eyelidsbegin to move again.
Recalling a pandemic year with poetry and machine learning art|Seth Blanchard, Shikha Subramaniam, Leo Dominguez|April 22, 2021|Washington Post
He felt himself caught in a mighty eddy, bearing he knew not whither; he, one wavelet amid the sea's myriads.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis
In its place a turbid leaden flood without a sparkling wavelet extended all around.
The Log of a Sea-Waif|Frank T. Bullen

Every wavelet on the waters hushed itself asleep, and the whole surface of the lake was as a sea of polished glass.
Winter Adventures of Three Boys|Egerton R. Young
It was to him as if a miniature wavelet of a great ocean somewhere in the distance had crept up to laugh and break at his feet.
Red Pottage|Mary Cholmondeley
Now and then a wavelet stole far into the beach, as if to caress him, but pined away ere it could reach its goal.
The House of the Vampire|George Sylvester Viereck

British Dictionary definitions for wavelet

wavelet

/ (ˈweɪvlɪt) /

noun

a small wave

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for wavelet

wavelet

[ wāv′lĭt ]

A small wave; a ripple. See more at wave.