wavelet
wavelet noun: a small wave; a ripple.
Noun
wavelet (plural wavelets)
- A small wave; a ripple.
- I know not whether
I see your meaning: if I do, it lies
Upon the wordy wavelets of your voice,
Dim as an evening shadow in a brook,
When the least moon has silver on’t no larger
Than the pure white of Hebe’s nail.1851, “Speaker’s Meaning dimly descried” (Fragment) in Poems, London: William Pickering, p. 110 - […] long ground-swells roll the slanting grain, and little wavelets of grass ripple over upon the low piazza, as their beach, and the blown down of dandelions is wafted like the spray […]1856, Herman Melville, “The Piazza” in The Piazza Tales, New York: Dix & Edwards, pp. 6-7
- I know not whether
- A fast-decaying oscillation.
wavelet meaning in Tamil
wavelet in Tamil
- குட்டியலை, சிறு அலை, சிற்றலை, தமிழ் இணையப் பல்கலைக்கழக அகரமுதலியில்
Examples of wavelet in a sentence
- The water danced and sparkled, multitudes of birds were on the wing, now dipping in the wavelets, now rising and shaking off the glittering drops.1880, Sabine Baring-Gould, chapter 4, in Mehalah: A Story of the Salt Marshes, London: Smith, Elder & Co., published 1884, page 46:
- They sat on the beach and watched the hissing wavelets.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 35:
- A little, rubbishy wavelet, full of candy wrappers and orange peel and seaweed, folded over my foot.1963, Sylvia Plath, chapter 13, in The Bell Jar, London: Faber & Faber, published 1971:
- They left the shop in a united wavelet of amusement […]1965, Muriel Spark, chapter 3, in The Mandelbaum Gate, London: Macmillan:
Forms of wavelet
| plural | wavelets |
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Origin of wavelet
From wave + -let; a calque of French ondelette, from onde (“wave”) + -ette (diminutive suffix).
Words formed from wavelet
Phrases with wavelet
Questions about wavelet
- What does wavelet mean?
- Wavelet means a small wave; a ripple.
- What is wavelet in Tamil?
- Wavelet in Tamil is குட்டியலை, சிறு அலை, சிற்றலை. See Wavelet meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use wavelet in a sentence?
- The water danced and sparkled, multitudes of birds were on the wing, now dipping in the wavelets, now rising and shaking off the glittering drops.
- What part of speech is wavelet?
- Wavelet is a noun.
- What is the plural of wavelet?
- The plural of wavelet is wavelets.
Words near wavelet in the dictionary
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