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maplet

maplet noun: any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Chersonesia, having map-like marking on the wings.

Noun (1)

maplet (plural maplets)

  1. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Chersonesia, having map-like marking on the wings.
  2. A pair which is a member of a mapping.

Noun (2)

maplet (plural maplets)

  1. An applet written in the computer algebra system Maple.
    • Michael J. Caulfield, Gannon University (1046-O1-346) 10:40AM - (1105) A maplet for encoding, decoding, and correcting errors in Golay codes.2009 January, “Archived copy”, in Notices of the American Mathematical Society, volume 56, number 1, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2009

Forms of maplet

pluralmaplets

Origin of maplet

From map + -let.

Blend of Maple + applet

Questions about maplet

What does maplet mean?
Maplet means any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Chersonesia, having map-like marking on the wings.
What part of speech is maplet?
Maplet is a noun.
What is the plural of maplet?
The plural of maplet is maplets.

Words near maplet in the dictionary

  1. Mapler
  2. Maplers
  3. maples
  4. mapless
  5. maplessness
  6. maplet
  7. mapletini
  8. mapletinis
  9. Mapleton
  10. mapletree
  11. mapletrees

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