dither
dither Lexical Profile
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• verb
To be indecisive or hesitate nervously when making a choice or taking action.
"If we dither much longer over the contract terms, we will lose the client to a competitor."
To add intentionally randomized noise or juxtapose pixels of different colors to smooth out quantization errors in digital audio or images.
"The graphics software can dither the image to create the illusion of a wider color palette."
• noun
A state of nervous agitation, confusion, or indecisiveness.
"The sudden change in the wedding schedule threw the event planner into a complete dither."
An intentionally applied form of noise used to randomize quantization error in digital audio and image processing.
"The audio engineer added a subtle dither before exporting the final sixteen-bit track."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Originated in the 17th century as a northern English dialectal variant of 'didder', meaning to tremble or shiver, likely of imitative origin.