wavelet

== English == === Etymology === From wave +‎ -let; a calque of French ondelette, from onde (“wave”) + -ette (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === === Noun === wavelet (plural wavelets) A small wave; a ripple. 1851, “Speaker’s Meaning dimly descried” (Fragment) in Poems, London: William Pickering, p. 110,[1] 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. 1856, Herman Melville, “The Piazza” in The Piazza Tales, New York: Dix & Edwards, pp. 6-7,[2] […] 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 […] (mathematics) A fast-decaying oscillation. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → German: Wavelet → Korean: 웨이블릿 (weibeullit) → Russian: ве́йвлет (véjvlet) ==== Translations ==== === References ===