Dither Definition

dĭthər
dithered, dithering, dithers
noun
A nervously excited or confused condition.
Webster's New World
A state of indecisive agitation.
American Heritage

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

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verb
dithered, dithering, dithers
To be nervously excited or confused.
Webster's New World
To be indecisive; vacillate, waver, etc.
Webster's New World

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

Wiktionary

(computer graphics) To render an approximation of (an image, etc.) by using dot patterns in similar colours to those that are unavailable on the system.

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Origin of Dither

  • Alteration of didder from Middle English dideren to tremble diddle2

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From didder from Middle English didderen, meaning "to tremble".

    From Wiktionary

Dither Sentence Examples

  • Excuse me for staring, but aren't you the young lady that had Ashley in a dither?

  • Most women would be in a dither trying to get everything just right for their wedding.

  • The three loops together cycle through the 216 colors that will not dither in a web browser.

  • I didn't so much dither as wander around a little pondering my options.

  • You do n't dither about whether he should go or he should stay.

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Words Starting With

DDIDIT

Words Ending With

RERHER

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Words Starting With D and Ending With R

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