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noun
Trembling, shaking, or shivering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, intransitive, uncountable
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noun
A state of nervous excitement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, intransitive, uncountable
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noun
The state of being undecided; indecision; vacillation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, intransitive, uncountable
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noun
Any algorithm applied to digital data to minimize the effects of quantization:
A form of noise intentionally added to remove artifacts caused by digitization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, intransitive, uncountable
Topics: business, computing, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences, signal-processing, technology
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noun
Any algorithm applied to digital data to minimize the effects of quantization:
The use of dot patterns in an image or graphic to approximate colors not available in the system palette.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, intransitive, uncountable
Topics: business, computer-graphics, computing, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences, signal-processing, technology
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verb
To tremble, shake, or shiver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, literally
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verb
To be uncertain or unable to make a decision; to vacillate, hesitate, or delay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive
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verb
To do something nervously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To apply an algorithm to digital data to minimize the effects of quantization:
To use dot patterns in an image or graphic to simulate colors or shades not in the system palette.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: business, computer-graphics, computing, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences, signal-processing, technology
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verb
To apply an algorithm to digital data to minimize the effects of quantization:
To intentionally add noise to a signal to remove artifacts caused by digitization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: business, computing, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences, signal-processing, technology
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noun
an excited state of agitation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: pother, fuss, tizzy, flap
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Broader terms: agitation
verb
make a fuss; be agitated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: flap, pother
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Broader terms: fuss, niggle, fret
verb
act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fret
History
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.
Across languages
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
