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wavetable

wavetable noun: a collection of many single-cycle waveforms with subtly changing harmonic contents, sometimes based on a sample of a real musical instrument, used in sound synthesis.

Noun

wavetable (plural wavetables)

  1. A collection of many single-cycle waveforms with subtly changing harmonic contents, sometimes based on a sample of a real musical instrument, used in sound synthesis.

Forms of wavetable

pluralwavetables

Origin of wavetable

From wave + table, from waveform.

Questions about wavetable

What does wavetable mean?
Wavetable means a collection of many single-cycle waveforms with subtly changing harmonic contents, sometimes based on a sample of a real musical instrument, used in sound synthesis.
What part of speech is wavetable?
Wavetable is a noun.
What is the plural of wavetable?
The plural of wavetable is wavetables.

Words near wavetable in the dictionary

  1. waveson
  2. wavespeed
  3. wavespeeds
  4. wavest
  5. wavestacking
  6. wavetable
  7. wavetables
  8. waveth
  9. wavetop
  10. wavetops
  11. wavetrain

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