"wavelet" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-wavelet.wav Forms: wavelets [plural]
Etymology: From wave + -let; a calque of French ondelette, from onde (“wave”) + -ette (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wave|let}} wave + -let, {{calque|en|fr|ondelette|nocap=1}} calque of French ondelette Head templates: {{en-noun}} wavelet (plural wavelets)
  1. A small wave; a ripple. Translations (a small wave; a ripple): вълничка (vǎlnička) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 小浪 (xiǎolàng) (Chinese Mandarin), kare (Finnish), liplatus (Finnish), vaguelette [feminine] (French), hullámocska (Hungarian), druga [masculine] (Irish), tonnane [masculine] (Manx), зыбь (zybʹ) [feminine] (Russian), рябь (rjabʹ) [feminine] (Russian), perturbación [feminine] (Spanish), бри́жі (brýži) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-wavelet-en-noun-LLD0EMq~ Disambiguation of 'a small wave; a ripple': 99 1
  2. (mathematics) A fast-decaying oscillation. Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (a fast-decaying oscillation): uhinxka (Basque), затихваща осцилация (zatihvašta oscilacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), aalloke (Finnish), ondelette (French), κυματίδιο (kymatídio) [neuter] (Greek), falka [feminine] (Polish), ве́йвлет (véjvlet) [masculine] (Russian), ве́йвлет (véjvlet) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-wavelet-en-noun-SBdHacGL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -let, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -let: 26 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 23 77 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'a fast-decaying oscillation': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Daubechies wavelet, Gabor wavelet, Haar wavelet, Morlet wavelet, wavelet compression, wavelet matrix, wavelet modulation, wavelet packet decomposition, wavelet series

Inflected forms

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      "word": "затихваща осцилация"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a fast-decaying oscillation",
      "word": "aalloke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a fast-decaying oscillation",
      "word": "ondelette"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kymatídio",
      "sense": "a fast-decaying oscillation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κυματίδιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a fast-decaying oscillation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "falka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "véjvlet",
      "sense": "a fast-decaying oscillation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ве́йвлет"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "véjvlet",
      "sense": "a fast-decaying oscillation",
      "word": "ве́йвлет"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "wavelet"
  ],
  "word": "wavelet"
}

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