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dither Definition

dither (dit̸hər)

intransitive verb

  1. to be nervously excited or confused
  2. to be indecisive; vacillate, waver, etc.

Etymology: ME dideren, prob. akin to daderen, dodder

noun

a nervously excited or confused condition

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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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