packet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
    parcel; bundle; package.
  2. noun (computer science) a message or message fragment
  3. noun a small package or bundle
  4. noun a boat for carrying mail
    packet boat; mail boat; mailboat.

WordNet

Pack"et noun
Etymology
F. paquet, dim. fr. LL. paccus, from the same source as E. pack. See Pack.
Definitions
  1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. Shak.
  2. Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat.
Pack"et transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Packeted; present participle & verbal noun Packeting
Definitions
  1. To make up into a packet or bundle.
  2. To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
    Her husband Was packeted to France. Ford.
Pack"et intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.

Webster 1913