wavelet
/ˈweɪvlət/
noun
- A small wave on the surface of water.
- She watched the wavelets lap gently against the side of the boat.
- The stone created tiny wavelets that spread across the pond.
- A breeze stirred the lake, forming delicate wavelets in the sunlight.
- A small, localized disturbance or fluctuation in a physical field or signal, especially in mathematics and signal processing.
- The engineer used a wavelet to analyze the seismic data.
- In image compression, a wavelet helps reduce file size without losing quality.
- The scientist studied the wavelet patterns in the radio signal.
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