DITHER

dither, pother, fuss, tizzy, flap

(noun) an excited state of agitation; “he was in a dither”; “there was a terrible flap about the theft”

dither, flap, pother

(verb) make a fuss; be agitated

dither

(verb) act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

dither (third-person singular simple present dithers, present participle dithering, simple past and past participle dithered) (intransitive)

To tremble, shake, or shiver with cold.

To be uncertain or unable to make a decision about doing something.

To do something nervously.

(computer graphics) To render an approximation of (an image, etc.) by using dot patterns to approximate (the features of) colors not in the system palette.

To intentionally add noise to a signal to randomize errors.

Noun

dither (countable and uncountable, plural dithers)

The state of being undecided.

A form of noise which is intentionally applied to randomize errors which occur in the processing of both digital audio and digital video data.

(computer graphics) The use of dot patterns to approximate colors not available in the palette.

Anagrams

• drieth, rideth, thirde

Source: Wiktionary



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