EGAVE

dither

About 0.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To tremble, shake, or shiver.
  2. verb To be uncertain or unable to make a decision; to vacillate, hesitate, or delay.
  3. verb To do something nervously.
  4. verb To apply an algorithm to digital data to minimize the effects of quantization: To use dot patterns in an image or graphic to simulate colors or shades not in the system palette. To intentionally add noise to a signal to remove artifacts caused by digitization.
  5. verb To use dot patterns in an image or graphic to simulate colors or shades not in the system palette.
  6. verb To intentionally add noise to a signal to remove artifacts caused by digitization.
  7. noun Trembling, shaking, or shivering.
  8. noun A state of nervous excitement.

Similar words

shiver shudder tizzy pother fuss flap waver falter confusion hesitate

Often followed by

signal and of about is over to in pattern

Word family

dithered ditherer ditherers dithering dithers dithery

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