JITTER

jitter

(noun) a small irregular movement

jitter

(noun) small rapid variations in a waveform resulting from fluctuations in the voltage supply or mechanical vibrations or other sources

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

jitter (plural jitters)

A nervous action; a tic.

(chiefly, in the plural, often with "the") A state of nervousness.

(telecommunications) An abrupt and unwanted variation of one or more signal characteristics.

(data visualization) A random positioning of data points to avoid visual overlap.

Verb

jitter (third-person singular simple present jitters, present participle jittering, simple past and past participle jittered)

(intransitive) To be nervous.

(data visualization) To randomly position of data points to avoid visual overlap.

Synonyms

• fidget

Etymology 2

Noun

jitter (plural jitters)

(computing) A program or routine that performs jitting; a just-in-time compiler.

Anagrams

• trijet

Source: Wiktionary

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