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WAVELET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wavelet mean?
• WAVELET (noun)
The noun WAVELET has 1 sense:
1. a small wave on the surface of a liquid
Familiarity information: WAVELET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small wave on the surface of a liquid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
riffle; ripple; rippling; wavelet
Hypernyms ("wavelet" is a kind of...):
moving ridge; wave (one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water))
Derivation:
wave (one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water))
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