dither
noun
- noise to reduce quantization error
verb
- noisily do nothing
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈdɪðə/ / /ˈdɪðɚ/
noun
Etymology: Variant of didder, from Middle English dideren (“to tremble”). Compare Middle English bididren, bididdren (“to seduce, deceive”), from Old English bedidrian, bedyderian (“to deceive, trick”). Alternatively, perhaps with expressive voicing from *titeren, from Proto-Germanic *titrōną. If so, then a doublet of teeter and cognate with Old High German zittarōn (German zittern) and Old Norse titra (Faroese titra, Icelandic titra). Alternatively an unrelated reduplicative onomatopoeia.
- Trembling, shaking, or shivering.
- A state of nervous excitement.
“Everyone was in a dither; either in it or about to get in it or just climbing out of it. Naturally, the Madam was not in a dither. Dither was a foreign concept to her.”
- The state of being undecided; indecision; vacillation.
- Any algorithm applied to digital data to minimize the effects of quantization:
- Any algorithm applied to digital data to minimize the effects of quantization:
verb
Etymology: Variant of didder, from Middle English dideren (“to tremble”). Compare Middle English bididren, bididdren (“to seduce, deceive”), from Old English bedidrian, bedyderian (“to deceive, trick”). Alternatively, perhaps with expressive voicing from *titeren, from Proto-Germanic *titrōną. If so, then a doublet of teeter and cognate with Old High German zittarōn (German zittern) and Old Norse titra (Faroese titra, Icelandic titra). Alternatively an unrelated reduplicative onomatopoeia.
- To tremble, shake, or shiver.
“Presently he came running out of the scullery, with the soapy water dripping from him, dithering with cold.”
- To be uncertain or unable to make a decision; to vacillate, hesitate, or delay.
“2012, The Economist, Sept. 22nd issue, "Indian Reform: At Last" The dithering Mr Singh of recent times may worry that his reform proposals are already too bold. The reforming Mr Singh of yore would see them as just the start.”
- To do something nervously.
- To apply an algorithm to digital data to minimize the effects of quantization:
“Look at how pixelly this wall texture is. You almost don't even notice the dithering when driving by quick. Up close though, it's real chunky.”
- To apply an algorithm to digital data to minimize the effects of quantization: