Dither

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  • noun. A state of indecisive agitation.
  • intransitive verb. To be nervously irresolute in acting or doing.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To shake; tremble: same as didder.
  • noun. A trembling; vibration.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state of being undecided.
  • noun. A form of noise which is intentionally applied to randomize errors which occur in the processing of both digital audio and digital video data
  • verb. To tremble, shake, or shiver with cold.
  • verb. To be uncertain or unable to make a decision about doing something.
  • verb. To do something nervously.
  • verb. To render an approximation of (an image, etc.) by using dot patterns in similar colours to those that are unavailable on the system.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain
  • verb. make a fuss; be agitated
  • noun. an excited state of agitation
  • Word Usage
    "The dither is a # repetitive pattern, this should help the compression algorithm."
    Form
    ditherer  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    agitation  fret  fuss  niggle  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    hither  slither  smither  whither  wither  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form