dither
dither
Definition
dither (dit̸h′ər)
intransitive verb
- to be nervously excited or confused
- to be indecisive; vacillate, waver, etc.
Etymology: ME dideren, prob. akin to daderen, dodder
noun
a nervously excited or confused condition
dither
Usage Examples
Object
- pattern: This benefits imaging of extended sources whose scale exceeds the dither pattern or even the detector's field of view.
- sequence: It is probably better to go through a dither sequence twice with a smaller number of positions than once with a larger number.
- position: The resulting sequence would produce an observe at each dither position for each of the 3 wavelengths.
- image: A dithered image often looks noisy, or composed of scattered pixels.
Preposition: on
- issue: We are too close to the point of no-return to dither about on this issue.
Modifying Another Word
- about: You don't dither about whether he should go or he should stay.
- n't: You do n't dither about whether he should go or he should stay.
- not: The three loops together cycle through the 216 colors that will not dither in a web browser.
- much: I didn't so much dither as wander around a little pondering my options.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- around: You dither around trying to find the thing you think you see in the blinding whiteness of the paper.
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