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wavelets

wavelets is the plural of wavelet.

Meaning of wavelet

Noun

wavelet (plural wavelets)

  1. 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
  2. A fast-decaying oscillation.

Phrases with wavelets

Questions about wavelets

What is wavelets the plural of?
Wavelets is the plural of wavelet.

Words near wavelets in the dictionary

  1. wavelet matrices
  2. wavelet matrix
  3. wavelet modulation
  4. wavelet series
  5. waveleted
  6. wavelets
  7. wavelike
  8. Wavell
  9. wavellite
  10. wavellites
  11. wavellitic

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