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burstlet

noun
/ˈbɝːst.lɛt/US/ˈbɜːst.lɛt/UK

Etymology

From burst + -let.

  1. derived from *bʰres-✻
  2. derived from *brestaną✻
  3. derived from *brestan✻
  4. derived from berstan
  5. derived from bresten
  6. suffixed as burstlet — “burst + let”

Definitions

  1. A short burst (of energy)

    • A burstlet of brain confusion kept me from grasping what the pet sitter was saying. "Charlene, do you mean she's dead?"
    • Here, we test “burstlet” theory (Kam et al., 2013a), which posits that low amplitude burstlets, subthreshold from the standpoint of inspiratory bursts, reflect the fundamental oscillator of the preBötC.

  2. A form of packaging for liquids that "burst" in the mouth

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for burstlet. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA