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shearlet

shearlet noun: an extension of the wavelet, allowing the efficient encoding of anisotropic features in multivariate problem classes.

Noun

shearlet (plural shearlets)

  1. An extension of the wavelet, allowing the efficient encoding of anisotropic features in multivariate problem classes.

Forms of shearlet

pluralshearlets

Origin of shearlet

From shear + -let.

Questions about shearlet

What does shearlet mean?
Shearlet means an extension of the wavelet, allowing the efficient encoding of anisotropic features in multivariate problem classes.
What part of speech is shearlet?
Shearlet is a noun.
What is the plural of shearlet?
The plural of shearlet is shearlets.

Words near shearlet in the dictionary

  1. Shearins
  2. Shearlaw
  3. shearleg
  4. shearlegs
  5. shearless
  6. shearlet
  7. shearlets
  8. shearlike
  9. shearline
  10. shearlines
  11. shearling

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