Dictionary

burstlet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɜːst.lɛt/ (UK)
• /ˈbɝːst.lɛt/ (US)

Etymology

From burst + -let.

Meanings

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?" 2008 October 7, Kathryn Lilley, chapter 20, in A Killer Workout: A Fat City Mystery, Obsidian Mystery, →OCLC:
   • 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. 2019 December 30, Prajkta S. Kallurkar, Cameron Grover, Maria Cristina D. Picardo, Christopher A. Del Negro, “Evaluating the Burstlet Theory of Inspiratory Rhythm and Pattern Generation”, in eNeuro, volume 7, number 1, →DOI:
2. A form of packaging for liquids that "burst" in the mouth

Forms

Deriveds

interburstlet