wavelet

noun

wave·​let ˈwāv-lət How to pronounce wavelet (audio)
: a little wave : ripple

Examples of wavelet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And importantly, the agency says, despite these wavelets of illness, severe outcomes like hospitalizations and deaths have been dropping since 2020 and 2021. Brenda Goodman, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024 Some of these gravity waves were caused by air flowing from the northwest over the Appalachians and Alleghenies, which caused downstream wavelets, like ripples downstream of stone in a river. Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023 Now a little rill of wavelets across the surface of the flood was the only thing that marked the river’s usual borders. Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 31 May 2023 The word has a natural lilt, a melody that builds to a pitch and gently subsides like a wavelet breaking on a Mediterranean shore. Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2023 The wave turned out to be more of a wavelet, with a Senate still so evenly split that control may not be decided until a Dec. 6 run-off in Georgia between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker. Susan Page, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2022 Alabama’s current wavelet has been going on for about a month. Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 4 June 2022 All of that has boosted Democratic hopes that November will bring something more akin to a red wavelet than a tsunami. Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2022 Cases climbed here for the seventh consecutive week, and the state saw the first major jump in hospitalizations since the start of the current wavelet. Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 4 June 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1810, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wavelet was circa 1810

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“Wavelet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wavelet. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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wavelet

noun
wave·​let ˈwāv-lət How to pronounce wavelet (audio)
: a little wave : ripple

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