wave·let

(wāv′lĭt)

A small wave; a ripple.

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wavelet

(ˈweɪvlɪt)

a small wave

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wave•let

(ˈweɪv lɪt)

n.

a small wave; ripple.

[1800–10]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

wavelet - a small wave on the surface of a liquid

riffle, ripple, rippling

moving ridge, wave - one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

Translations

vaguelette

hullámocska

wavelet

[ˈweɪvlɪt] N → pequeña ola f, olita f

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wavelet

[ˈweɪvlət] (literary) n → vaguelette fwave power n → énergie f marémotrice, énergie f des vagues

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wavelet

n (poet) → kleine Welle

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References in classic literature

"A large extent of white wavelets often to be seen on the coasts of Amboyna, and in these parts of the sea."

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With the wind in that quarter, only little wavelets, not much bigger than I had seen upon a lake, beat upon the shore.

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Then a purely feminine touch was given to the hair that waved back from the face,--a touch that rescued little crests and wavelets from bondage and set them free to take a new color in the sun.

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The river - with the sunlight flashing from its dancing wavelets, gilding gold the grey-green beech- trunks, glinting through the dark, cool wood paths, chasing shadows o'er the shallows, flinging diamonds from the mill-wheels, throwing kisses to the lilies, wantoning with the weirs' white waters, silvering moss-grown walls and bridges, brightening every tiny townlet, making sweet each lane and meadow, lying tangled in the rushes, peeping, laughing, from each inlet, gleaming gay on many a far sail, making soft the air with glory - is a golden fairy stream.

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The Jessie was blotted out, and a strange ominous sound arose as multitudinous wavelets struck foaming on the beach.

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The tide flowed and ebbed; the sun rose and set; regularly each afternoon the brave west wind came romping in through the Golden Gate, darkening the water, cresting tiny wavelets, making the sailboats fly.

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How lovely the little river is, with its dark changing wavelets! It seems to me like a living companion while I wander along the bank, and listen to its low, placid voice, as to the voice of one who is deaf and loving.

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The foamy wavelets curled up to her white feet, and coiled like serpents about her ankles.

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suggested a filtering strategy using logarithmic transformation; multiscale decomposition and variance of wavelet transform results [10].

Wavelet-Based Adaptive Anisotropic Diffusion Filter